to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
possession; occupation; occupancy
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
oligopoly; control of a market
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
chance; opportunity; occasion
to increase; to add to; to augment
people; citizens; subjects; folk
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
to some extent; to a certain extent
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to