veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
main purpose; primary objective
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
forevermore; for eternity
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to refuse; to decline; to deny
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
stochastic; probabilistic
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to look around; to look towards (us)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory; saving
business; trade; operations; sales
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro