measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
business person; operator; carrier (telecommunications, transport, etc.)
document; official papers
registration; accession; register; entry; record
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to laugh away; to laugh off
(not) a single person; (no) one
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
of course; certainly; naturally
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
flight; desertion; escape
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
reason; cause; circumstances
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
silence (not speaking); muteness