predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
same generation; one's generation
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
forced laugh; forced smile
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
nothing but; none other than
publishing rights; publication right; right to publish
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to become fully formed; to take proper shape
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
to part left and right; to open out
strategy meeting; council of war
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself