to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
police officer; policeman; constable
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
headquarters; head office; main office
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
(social) class; rank; grade
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
taste; flavor; taste; liking
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
number of persons; personnel
feeling; mood; disgusting; sickening; revolting
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities