to employ; to hire; to charter
security firm; security company
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
business magazine; financial magazine; economic magazine
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
to make oneself available (free)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
in advance; beforehand; previously
confusion; mixing; merger
while being out of the office or away from home
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety