choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
woman; female; feminine gender
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
meal set before one; women's advances
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
rather; sooner; preferably
discretion; judgement; judgment
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
don't worry; there's no need to worry
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
natural virtue; personal virtue
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
there is nothing; having nothing
to like; to love; to be fond of
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to unfold; to unroll; to open
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?