office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
double; twice (as much); twofold
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
strategy meeting; council of war
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
everything; anything; nothing
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
yield; crop; production; volume; piecework
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
along the road; along the way
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
compensation; indemnity; reparation
to be needed; to be wanted
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)