accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
adviser; advisor; consultant
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
head of the student council; president of the student council
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
next term; next period; next version; next release
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
straying; wandering off course
successive generations; successive emperors
topic of discussion; agenda
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
planning; project; plan; design
refreshment booth; refreshment stand; snack bar
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to sit silently at a meeting