victory or defeat; match; contest; game
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
condition; situation; prospects
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to wash again; to reconsider
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
important matter; matters of weight
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
declaration of war; proclamation of war
war; fighting; fierce competition
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
that; the matter in question
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
listed company (on a stock exchange)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
foreign capital group; foreign company
long ago; previous; of a former age