beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
end; tip; extremities; terminal
dropout; quitter; deserter
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
in case of; at that time; at this time
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
fortifying; fortification
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
one-by-one; separately; in detail
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
main force; chief object; mainline
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
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
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
economic; financial; fiscal
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
interior; inside; internal
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together