capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.