advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
interest; rights; concession
leader (of an alliance); leading power
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
sense of duty (obligation)
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
case worker; case officer
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to tower above; to stand out
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
to prostrate oneself before
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
pale; pallid; bluish-white
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
entering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million