used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
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)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to blaze; to burn brightly
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
every year; yearly; annually
father; dad; husband; you; he
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
down jacket; quilted down coat
standby; preparation; arrangement
multifunction; multipurpose
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
dull-witted; stupid; foolish
flat broke; cleaned out; penniless