trivial; not amounting to much
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
headquarters; head office; main office
secretary (government); director; chief
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
mature; becoming precocious
application; request; petition
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
scatterbrain; absent-minded person; careless person; rash person; hasty person
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
obedience; submission; resignation
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
old friend; familiar face
long ago; a long time ago; already