gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
hungry (e.g. for success)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to compete with; to vie for
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to some extent; to a certain extent
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
health; healthy; sound; fit
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
suggestion box; comment box; (arch.) complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
how long; how far; how much
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
a.m.; before noon; ante meridiem; AM broadcasting; amplitude modulation
in good health; alive and well; going strong
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
long ago; a long time ago; already
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
management; administration; operation