influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
leading (e.g. role); instructive; guiding
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to shed light; to cast light
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
such; like that; that sort of; very
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
different opinion; objection
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
active; positive; progressive
just a minute; small quantity
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
fifth day of the month; five days
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
materials; data; document
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
one by one; one after another; successively