naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
job; work; duties; trade; skill
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
management; administration; operation
to repeat; to do over again
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
otherwise; or else; if not
hostility; antagonism; opposition
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
even though; despite; when
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
servant; manservant; menial
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
for the present; for the time being
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
in a drenched manner; moistly; affectionately; fondly; slowly; at ease
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
after school (at the end of the day)
from now; from this moment; henceforth
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene