assistance; backing; reinforcements
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
since; henceforth; ever since
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
once in a while; occasionally; at long intervals
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
right (to do something); authority; power
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
scale; scope; plan; structure
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
existence; being; presence
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)