to be promoted to a higher rank
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
cut; reduction; curtailment
low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
list price; regular price; established price
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
meanwhile; in the meantime
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
snake; serpent; large snake
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
native-born; trueborn; (belonging) from the start (to a group, organization, etc.); career (e.g. diplomat)
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
creation; generation; formation; derivation
corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
considerably; greatly; a lot
high grade; special grade; classy
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
shopping; purchased goods
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory