green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
general; popular; common; typical
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
equality; impartiality; evenness
power map; power structure; power relationships
to affect; to impact; to influence
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside