countenance; features; looks
real thing; original; actual
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
surveillance camera; security camera
puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
pistol; handgun; revolver
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
optimization; optimisation
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
clothes; clothing; garments
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
company name; name of a company
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie