I appreciate your efforts
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
ago; since; before; previous
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
father; dad; husband; you; he
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
(having) same family and personal name
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
than; other than; except; but
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
(some) more; even more; longer; further