in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
all night long; all through the night
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
leader; central personage
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
meeting hall; assembly hall
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
influence; clout; leverage
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
to throw into; to dump in together
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle