collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
way (of doing); manner; method; means
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to boost; to force up; to push up
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to laugh away; to laugh off
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects