headquarters; head office; main office
materials; data; document
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
document; official papers
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
good prospects; full of hope; promising
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to happen to meet; to come across
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
man; male; masculine gender
registration; accession; register; entry; record
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
receptionist; reception woman
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
realistic; graphic; true to life
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade