thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
trouble; bother; annoyance
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
armed forces; military; troops
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
change in appearance; transformation
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
dealing with; coping with
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
reception room; parlor; parlour
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection