taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
promotion; raising of status
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
very; much; greatly; a lot of
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to yield to temptation; to succumb
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
noxious gas; poisonous gas; toxic fumes
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
gem; jewel; precious stone
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
to anticipate; to foresee
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
intelligence gathering; information gathering
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)