top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
in succession; one by one
one by one; one after another; successively
another thing; exception; special case
true state; actual condition; reality
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
clause; article; stipulations
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed)
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
double suicide; lovers' suicide
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
so what!; who gives a damn?
to live; to make a living; to get on with
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
way out; means to escape; escape route
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
fight outside the stadium; fighting outside the ring
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)