to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
to compete with; to vie for
the way one works; one's working manner
regular customer; valued client
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
regular member; full member
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
custom; practice; convention; precedent
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to continue to work; to work away (at)
business rival; professional jealousy
to blame; to find fault with
bribe; sweetener; douceur
calling by name; designation; nomination
menial; meanness; servility; abject
unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
to employ; to hire; to charter
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to like; to love; to be fond of
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
indicate reason; infers some protest