to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
vertically structured society
master; teacher; stable master
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
the same generation; coeval
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect
tedious; boring; being fed up with
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
nothing but; none other than
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to become better; to improve
presence; sitting with; being with
medical treatment (esp. surgical)
to entrust; to leave to a person
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to burst open; to pop; to split
fit; spasm; attack; seizure