creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
conservation of electricity; brownout
residence; abode; dwelling
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
elder sister; effeminate man
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
secret information; intelligence
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
materials; data; document
copier paper; photocopying paper
munitions; military stores
dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
100,000,000,000; hundred billion; many
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
distance in a straight line
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption