someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
food and drink; eating and drinking
role; part; job; assignment
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
2nd day of the month; two days
postponement; deferment; adjournment
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
derivation; development; offshoot
many problems; various problems
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
protest; refutation; pleading
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent