place; situation; position; location
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
welcome!; nice to see you!
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
position; location; base; point; site
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
report; notification; registration
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
training (esp. in-service); induction course
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
to increase; to add to; to augment
long talk; long-winded speech
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale