success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
originally; by nature; from the start
Japanese company (business, firm)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
Japanese person; Japanese people
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
next generation; future generation
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)