setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
it's been a long time; long time no see
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
important person; strategic person; key figure
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
companion; partner; spouse
discrimination; discernment; identification
enemy movements; enemy's position
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
servant; manservant; menial
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping