being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
modesty; humility; being humble
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
sounding each other out; probing each other
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
half-hearted; overly optimistic; naive; inexperienced; immature; green
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
virtue; charm; merit; good point
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
appearance; air; condition; state; form
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal