management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
10^20; 100,000,000,000,000,000,000; hundred quintillion
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
(social) position; status
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
slim figure; lean figure; weight reduction
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
head; chief; boss; leader
weave; weaving; woven item
being concerned about or mindful of
dropout; quitter; deserter
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
covering; protection; backing; relief
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
action before words; work before talk
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
literally; to the letter; literal
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
occupational ability; function; role
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)