good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
appointment; assignment; promotion
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
mass communication; mass media
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
outsider; someone outside of a group
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to face on; to look out on to
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
left side; left-hand side
most part; greater part; majority