supply; provision; raising; procurement
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
house to house; door to door
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
number of persons; personnel
massing (of troops); gathering
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
individual; private person; personal; private
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
if it is the case that ...
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
something like ...; something called ...
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
small number; few; minority
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)