frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to be helpful; to be useful
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
raising plants; cultivating (vegetation); planting; one's plants; cultivated vegetation; one's crops
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
final; eventual; ultimate
way (of doing); manner; method
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
how can (one) do something
special; particular; peculiar; unique
culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
delivery; transfer; hand-over
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
breast; rounded part on the upper end of shamisen neck
reason; logic; method; system; order
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend