to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
oppression; suppression; pressure
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
descendant; progeny; offspring
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
remains; corpse; (dead) body
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to say; to be called; to do
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
to strangle; to constrict
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
unimpressive; unimpressed
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
high; noble; refined; advanced
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
behind others; losing out to others
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
whole face; all over one's face
overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky
ringing; throbbing violently