peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
independent state; independent nation
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
start-up company; venture business
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
casting; founding; minting
actual profit; practical use; benefit
several years standing; over several years
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
as if it weren't already enough; to an extreme degree; to excess; more than enough
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
ignorance outside of one's own field; overspecialization; one-trick pony
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
donation; contribution; endowment
technical research institute; technology research laboratory
official name; formal name
internal medicine; department of internal medicine
medicinal plant; medicinal herb
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
killing by poison; poisoning
succession; continuation; series; sequence