meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
chief; leading; prominent; principal; main; important
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
boisterously; roughly; briskly
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
grand tourer; GT; Greenwich Mean Time; group technology
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
trivial; not amounting to much
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
health management; health maintenance; health care
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)