d button; data button; button on a TV remote control for accessing programme information, weather, traffic, etc.
so-and-so; who?; which people?
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
profiting while others fight
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
(college) president; secretary-general
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
to practice magic; to practise magic
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk