stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
demotion; relegation; downgrading
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
stepping back; drawing back
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
peerless; unique; unparalleled; unchallenged
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
opinion; intention; thought
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
rebirth; new birth; nascent
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
the very best; excellent; superb
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone