laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
a glance; a look; a glimpse
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
trivial; not amounting to much
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
interruption; interference; butting in
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
senility; dotage; decrepitude
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf