to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
important person; strategic person; key figure
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
senior; elder; person older than oneself
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
presence; sitting with; being with
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
fat; tallow; lard; grease
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
the future; future prospects
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
encryption; encipherment; password protection
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
full of troubles, difficulties
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around