arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
general classification; broad categorization
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
feminine; womanly; female
troublesome; annoying; complicated
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
trailing dust; dust left by someone running ahead
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
comparatively; relatively
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
discretion; judgement; judgment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
one's first campaign; one's first battle
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
outside one's jurisdiction
another thing; other things; another man's property
to be flabbergasted; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be stunned
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic