expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
corridor; hallway; passageway
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
joint struggle; common (united) front
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
business world; business circles; (the) industry
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
alone; unaided; away from home
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
please; somehow or other; one way or another
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
difficult to approach; inaccessible
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
if it is the case that ...
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
rational; reasonable; logical
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)