advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
exalting; raising; enhancing; rousing up
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
female-led army; all-female regiment; female group
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
guardians; parents; father and older brother
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
world; society; people; the public
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
person who introduces someone; introducer
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
position; opening; employment
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
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
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself