personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
coastal waters; adjacent seas
rampancy; prevalence; domination
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
hardships; privations; difficulties
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
merits; distinguished services
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
helper; assistant; second