eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
to increase; to add to; to augment
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
another dimension; different level; whole other level
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
I wonder if it is not (something, a thing)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
military personnel; soldier
birth; creation; formation
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
spirits of war dead; person of great ability; soul of a talented person
protest; refutation; pleading
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to grant someone's request
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
official announcement; proclamation