salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
modesty; humility; being humble
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to prevent; to take precautions
action of making something; -ification
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
eastern part; the east (of a region)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
guess; speculation; supposition
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
offender; criminal; culprit
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to say no more; to sink into silence
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
main cause; primary factor
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification