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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

2

to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)

2

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

2

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

6

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

5

large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period

2

bright golden yellow

2

index finger; forefinger

1

boisterously (laughing)

1

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

brilliant; bright; radiant

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

8

green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

3

letter "T"; T-shaped

11

arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation

1

women who assist bathers at hot-springs resorts; (arch.) bathhouse prostitute

2

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

4

lonely

2

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

8

rumor; rumour; gossip; report

1

infancy; childhood; tender age

1

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

2

brigadier general; commodore

1

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

4

personnel selection

1

each; respectively

9

(political) power; authority; influence

2

covering; protection; backing; relief

2

to poke each other; to jab each other

1

Tsugutomo

1

pent-up (energy, enthusiasm, etc.); burning (e.g. ambition); irrepressible (e.g. desire)

2

quiver (of arrows; cylindrical)

2

outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

2

all on one's own

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

1

wisdom tooth; not knowing who your parents are; person who doesn't know who their parents are

1

son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

1

to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

5

prayer; wish; vow

3

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

2

behaviour; behavior

3

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

3

martial arts

3

literary matters

1

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

2

colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

1

if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

2

way; route

8

that year; same year; same age

1