to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
juvenile Japanese sea perch (under two years of age and 25 cm in length)
to concern; to be related
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to be helpful; to be useful
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
student (esp. a university student)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright