recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
flour; meal; powder; heroin
silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
such a thing; something like that
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
contract; compact; agreement
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
petty underling; small fry