understood; I see; OK; present; here
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
this world; this life; world of the living
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
police; police officer; police station
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
relatively; comparatively
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
society; public; community; social studies
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion