one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
registration; accession; register; entry; record
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
every single word and phrase; word by word
to write down; to record; to register
one's own handwriting; autograph
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
with a click; with a snap
writing; composition; essay; sentence
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to shoot a person to death
true character; real nature
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to blend (e.g. truth and lies); to mix together (e.g. kanji and kana)