capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
retainer; retinue; servant
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
if it is the case that ...
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
rather; sooner; preferably
all; entire; whole; altogether
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
I see; that's right; indeed
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
fair and square; open and aboveboard
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows