to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
occupation; calling; livelihood
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
reigning; controlling; dictating
based on; built on; made from
clone; kroon (former currency of Estonia)
only recently; just of late
intelligence or information network
without permission; without notice
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
remaining quantity; residual quantity
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to knock down; to knock off
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged