member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
woman; female; feminine gender
ratio; proportion; percentage
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
in this way; along these lines; similarly
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(present) head of a family
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
while; during; while; although; all; both
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
spouse; wife; husband; partner