peace preservation; security; safety
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
prevention measure; preventive measures
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
putting one's affairs in order; ordering one's affairs; tidying up
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
armband; arm band; brassard
newspaper reporter; print journalist
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
river; stream; River; the ... river
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to be able to manage somehow or another
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
chance (of success); odds
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of