acting ability; talent as a performer
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine; manufacturing one part out of multiple different parts
very; greatly; exceedingly
another; different; separate; discrete
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
to be well-known; to be famous
calling by name; designation; nomination
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
quote-unquote; so-called; bracketed
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
probe each other; sound each other out
disliking people similar to oneself
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
will not do; do not; does not
elderly handyman; elderly manservant
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
present; current; in operation
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
weight; heavyweight boxer
nutritional value; food value
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional