true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to spread; to be propagated
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
Japanese person; Japanese people
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
it is I who should say so
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown