success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to be worried; to be troubled
to take command; to give direction
had better ...; had better not ...
from the viewpoint of; according to
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
at work; in the midst of work; working
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
determination; resolution
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
Kona (variety of Hawaiian coffee)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal