interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
carriage; movement (of the body)
good; wonderful; splendid; understood; got it; OK
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
custom; custom-made; customization; customs (government agency); customs duty
optimist; easy-going person
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
section manager; section chief
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
reluctant to; not inclined to; disinclined; unwilling
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
jumping to a wrong conclusion
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
certainly; surely; definitely
to kill; to choke the life out of
determination; resolution
the following week; the next week
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining; neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
military of the Empire of Japan
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures