planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
had better ...; had better not ...
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
smuggling; contraband trade
those (near the second person)
interest; rights; concession
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
serious; severe; grave; acute
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
furnishings; implements; equipment
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency
settlement; solution; resolution