treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
discontented element; discontented (grumbling) member
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
one's long-cherished desire
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
very much; very many; more and more
newly compiled; newly edited
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
to say; to tell (somebody); to state
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
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.)
having said that; be that as it may
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
in name only; titular; nominal
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
head of family; originator
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress