in name only; titular; nominal
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
hard worker; hardworking person
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
nutritional value; food value
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
stock raising; livestock industry
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
future; possible; potential; prospective
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to increase; to add to; to augment
leaving everything up to someone else
job; work; duties; trade; skill
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
massing (of troops); gathering
camping; campground; making camp
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up