bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
retention; maintenance; preservation
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
government service; the bureaucracy
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
having strings attached (of a loan, etc.); having conditions attached; having a string or cord attached (of a bag, clothing, etc.); something with a string attached; having a lover (of a woman); woman with a male lover
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
complicated and mysterious
no way to do; nothing can be done
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
limit; localize; localise
stealthily; secretly; in secret
in advance; beforehand; previously
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
to shut in; to confine; to contain
state of the war; war situation
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst