long-term storage; long-term preservation
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
low orbit; low earth orbit; LEO
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
those (near the second person)
potentiality; dormancy; latency
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
shades of evening; dead of night
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
a little too short; slightly worse; a bit inferior
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
power supply; power distribution
competent; suitable; qualified
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
utmost limits; extremity; limit
system; organization; organisation; architecture
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer