consulting agreement; advisory contract
support; backing; patronage
to subsist; to keep on living
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
master; teacher; stable master
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to drink up; to drain (cup)
old friend; familiar face
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate