laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
due form; official; formality
people; citizens; subjects; folk
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
honor; honour; credit; prestige
decision; settlement; definition
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
battlefield; battleground
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
relation; connection; relevance
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
production output; number of goods manufactured
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
graduation ceremony; commencement
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
mission; delegation; transmission
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
hiding one's embarrassment
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks