axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
medium-term management plan; mid-term business plan
mid-to-long term; medium and long term
organizational change; organisational change; organizational reform
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
half-term; half-time; half period
capacity; volume; capacitance
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
car model; type of (wheeled) vehicle; vehicle classification
one's assessment of the situation
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
indeed; really; truly; very much
MacNeil; MacNeill; McNeil
war; fighting; fierce competition
world history; international history
armor and helmet (armour)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
turning sideways; landscape orientation
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
physical strength; muscle strength