to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
passion; ardor; enthusiasm; The Passion
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
meaning; significance; sense
in comparison to; rather than
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
when it becomes; when it comes to
declaration; proclamation; announcement
business; trade; operations; sales
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)