ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to bury; to embed; to implant
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
way; method; means; (technical) specification
approximation; having a close resemblance
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
(not so) much; (not) very
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
digitization; digitalization
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
in case of; at that time; at this time
same kind (race); homogeneousness
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
good-for-nothing; worthless
isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
going through; going via; going by way of
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter