what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
without; but if; otherwise; or else
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to brave a danger; to take a risk
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
company-internal information
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
container for boiled rice
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
self-consciousness; self-awareness
place; room; margin; scope
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to be born; to come into the world
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
triangular position; three-cornered contest
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
correct; proper; formal; invertible (matrix); holomorphic
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
inheritance; something given or received
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting