starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
general manager; director-general
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
military officer; naval officer
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
15th day of the month; 15 days
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
power; authority; jurisdiction
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
bad boy; naughty child; brat
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
strangulation (with the hands or arms)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to hand (over); to deliver in person
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
fast approach; quick intimacy