head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
since when; from when; how long
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
sympathy; empathy; response
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos