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.)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
company director; board member
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
decision; settlement; definition
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
successive generations; successive emperors
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
to be led by; to be headed by
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage