leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
very popular; highly favoured
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
being very popular; being in great demand
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
one's original family name; maiden name
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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.)
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut