bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
utility; (actual) profit; actual benefit; material gain
railroad (bus) lines (routes) in operation; business plan (policy)
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
matter for the police; brush with the law
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo)
to rearrange; to resequence
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
parallel processing; array processing
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
railcar depot; train depot
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
total abolition; full phase-out; total repeal