rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
minority group (party); minority
job hunting; job searching
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
observation; survey; watching
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
light blue; pale blue; aqua
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
control; management (e.g. of a business)
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
successor; replacement; second wife
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to invite in; to show someone in
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts