to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
(giving) instruction; initiation
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
the other day; lately; recently
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to be dead; to be lifeless
death from disease; death from illness
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
popular name; common name; given name
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
to sustain a serious wound
death from prostration; death from emaciation
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
to creep about; to crawl around
one more time; once more; once again
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
jumping ability; jumping power
somersault; looping-the-loop
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn