departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
secret information; intelligence
importance; emphasis; stress
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to ask for too much; to expect too much
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
with a broad grin; smirking
moment; brief space of time
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
here and there; in places
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
in name only; titular; nominal
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage