headquarters; head office; main office
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
noisy; confused; uproarious
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
repentance; confession; penitence
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
bashful; shameful; ashamed
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
the future; future prospects
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to subsist; to keep on living
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
it is I who should say so
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
unconfirmed; unidentified
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
(not) even once; (not) ever
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
commencing with; including
variant character; variant form of a character (esp. kanji)
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
interview (with a doctor); history taking
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character