to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
power balance; balance of power
employment (long term); hire
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
power map; power structure; power relationships
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
stepping back; drawing back
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to sniff out; to get wind of
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to order; to command; to appoint
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
otherwise; or else; if not
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to crawl out of; to creep out of
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
tenth day of the month; ten days