(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
to squeeze out; to wring out
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to turn completely into; to become completely
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
hard worker; hardworking person
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
independence; self-reliance
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
that is to say; so that means
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
ingredient; component; composition
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to put someone to trouble
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture