to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be selected (from among many people)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
belongings; appendage; accessory
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
to some extent; to a certain extent
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
I see; that's right; indeed
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
high and low; rise and fall
other side; opposite side; other party
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)