featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
domestic affairs; internal administration
government service; the bureaucracy
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
boastful speech; bragging
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
(social) position; status
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to entrust; to leave to a person
true state; actual condition; reality
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
first generation; founder
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
effect; result; worth; use; avail
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge