to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
one's house; one's home; one's family
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
modesty; humility; being humble
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe; bland; neutral (attitude); noncommittal (reply)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
dozens; scores of; decades
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
along; parallel to; in accordance with
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality