to not believe one's ears
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in the same way as; just like
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
by myself; in person; by oneself
entering a mountain area (for climbing); entering a monastery; coming to live in a temple
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
1,000,000; one million; million; many
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)