success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
items mentioned; contents (of a record); recorded items; entries
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
overcrowding; crowded; congestion
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
principal; main; important; fashionable
to make something be done in time
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
favoritism (towards relatives); favouritism; nepotism
worthless; pointless; useless
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
vertical stripes; striped fabric
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene
artist's impression; picture based on one's imagination; imaginary rendering
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
harming one's image; worsening of one's image
head; chief; boss; leader
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
complete victory; total victory
weeping for joy; crying with happiness
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person