moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
preference; priority; precedence
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
consideration; taking into account
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
button (clothing); push-button
living; lifestyle; living room
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker