care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
from one's home; while sitting at home; without leaving one's house; without moving from one's chair; without taking a step outside
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
suspicious-looking; fishy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
heir; inheritor; successor
maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
to serve; to work for; to attend
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services