top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
leadership; initiative; spearhead
secrecy; highly classified information
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to make an appearance; to show up
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
(within a) territory; domains
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
port city; harbor city; harbour city
stationing (troops); occupancy
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to fulfill one's responsibilities
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
palsy; paralysis; every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
setting off (on a trip); departure
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
ten; 10; ten years of age