to collect; to assemble; to gather
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
to get into trouble; to have troubles; to cause trouble; to break down
nonchalantly; without a care
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
otherwise; or else; if not
board of directors; board of trustees
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
not a little; not a few; considerable
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
good policy; wise policy; best plan
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
deep-seated grudge; hatred
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
every other day; every second day
anesthesiologist; anaesthesiologist; anesthetist; anaesthetist
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
extraction; withdrawal; evulsion; avulsion