on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
potentiality; dormancy; latency
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
major war; great war; world war
one-by-one; separately; in detail
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
all night long; all through the night
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
professional job; profession
extremely; very; really; super; so
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
at first; initially; in the beginning
to cause someone to worry
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
smooth (i.e. without problems)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
(short) rest; breather; break
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts