puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
to spend time (on doing something)
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to give directions; to issue instructions
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante