(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
restoration; repair; mending
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
mechanical engineer; mechanician
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
contest (of strength or skill)
to become fraught with emotion
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
difficult problem; challenge
secrecy; highly classified information
place; position; location; position; standing; status
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
such; like that; that sort of
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
counter for birds or rabbits
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
small number; few; minority
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
engineer; technical officer
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency