riches; wealth; resources; lottery
honor; honour; credit; prestige
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to serve; to work for; to attend
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
people; men and women; each person; everybody
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
priority; order of precedence
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
anything and everything; just about everything
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
hunting ground; hunting preserve
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
throwaway; disposable; single-use
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
overflowing; brimming over; abounding
technique; art; skill; move
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)