selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
it's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
starvation; famine; hunger
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
helping hand; help; support; aid
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
highly unpredictable; touch and go
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
in this manner; in this way; like this
to die on the battlefield
chief; main; principal; major
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
reinforcement; strengthening
construction at top speed
emperor (of Japan); mikado
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
piling up; multiple layers
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; fervently; intently
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
starting point; point of departure
like it or not; like or not like