information board; building directory
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
prohibition; inhibition; ban
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
election; selection; choice
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
rest; break; recess; intermission
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
canned; packaged in a tin (of biscuits, confections, etc.)
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
development project (program, programme, plan)
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller