undivided attention; concentration
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
management; administration; operation
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
friction; discord; strife
to be clever; to be quick-witted; to seem talented
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
to push and push; to keep pushing to the end
to increase; to add to; to augment
Axis powers (World War II)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
Auckland (New Zealand); Oakland
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
river; stream; River; the ... river
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to surge (water or waves)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
rugged (mountains); craggy; jagged
mountain chain; mountains
to overflow; to brim over; to flood