beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
disk; disc; disk (storage); disc
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
button (clothing); push-button; button
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
person concerned; interested party; related party
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
calamity; misfortune; disaster
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
maximum permissible level or dosage
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)