to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
business; work; operations; service; duties
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
briskly; quickly; promptly
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
deep inside; innermost place
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
throwaway; disposable; single-use
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
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
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
aggressiveness; aggression
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
incarnation (of a god, spirit or abstract quality); embodiment; avatar; incarnation; monster role; kumadori worn for a monster role
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
angrily; in a huff; in anger; plump; tender
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to