setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
onstage appearance of the jōruri musicians and chanters (in kabuki)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
study; learning; tutorial
general; popular; common; typical
knowing; (an) acquaintance
present continuous tense; present progressive form
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
firm; unshakeable; resolute
possible; likely; probable
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till