sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
(political) power; authority; influence
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
to increase; to add to; to augment
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to need; to call for; to require
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
the front; honest; upright; decent
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
enterprise; business; company; corporation
president (of a society); chairman
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
to have meaning; to be meaningful
ten; 10; ten years of age
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify