success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
due form; official; formality
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
operating expenses; budget
one thin flat object; one sheet
cash bonus; reward; bounty
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
(your) daughter; young woman
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
you (plural); all of you; you all
independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
to have an eye on; to zero in on
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
life; living; I; me; student
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
desperately; for one's dear life
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up