negotiations; discussions; connection
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
human relations; personal relationships
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
the same; the said; likewise
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
toy poodle (variety of poodle)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
down to earth; reasonable
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
memory-making; making memories
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
under ... years of age; less than ... years old
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...