recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
sharing; division; draw; tie
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
(committee) chairman; president
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
library (usu. single-room); small library
control; management (e.g. of a business)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
remembrance; recollection; recognition
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand