ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
busy; having no (free) time
atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
undivided attention; concentration
ultimate; final; last; eventual
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
firm; strong; solid; stable
and yet; though; when; in spite of
prejudice; bias; distorted view
prudence; discretion; thought
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
battlefield; battleground
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
opinion; point of view; visual point
from the beginning; from scratch
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to look down on; to make light of
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account