operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
rising; ascending; climbing
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
person in charge; official; attendant
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
screening (a movie); showing
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding