these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
topic of discussion; agenda
to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
occupation forces; occupation army
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
headquarters; head office; main office
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
having the qualities of a leader
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
huge rock; firmness; solidity
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
excessive; too much; unreasonable
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
order of chivalry; chivalric order
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to forget completely; to leave behind
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
official announcement; proclamation