bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
after tax income; net income
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
interference; intervention; meddling
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
it seems so; that's what it looks like
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)