highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to hand over; to surrender
strict order; peremptory command
final; eventual; ultimate
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
literally; to the letter; literal
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
government official; clerk
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
certificate (usually of proof of something); credentials
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
each place; various places
composed expression; clear face
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
beyond this point; from now on; after this
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to keep (a person) waiting
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there