(written) contract; agreement
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to shake; to sway; to waver
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
(medical) follow-up; observation
guess; speculation; supposition
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
to order; to command; to appoint
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
application; request; petition
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
cost of a meal (or meals)
individual; private person; personal; private
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
consideration; taking into account
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled