being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
lower region; lower part; region below
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
(doing something) in tears
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to stay (at); to stop (at)
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
in name only; titular; nominal
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum