primary school; elementary school; grade school
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to get angry; to lose one's temper
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
reigning; controlling; dictating
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
in the same manner as before; the same as always
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs