success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
in swarms; in great crowds
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
system; institution; organization; organisation
individual; private person; personal; private
to accept; to receive; to agree
recommendation; referral; endorsement
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
(present) head of a family
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
lacking a role; lacking a post; lacking a position; duty-free; tax-free
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
to make a success in life
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to find useful; to think highly of
being very popular; being in great demand
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
age thirty; one's thirties
funny story; funny anecdote
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since