public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
in history; ever; historical
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
penalty; sentence; punishment
reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
(already) known; established
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid