(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
leather cover; leather binding
pleasant feeling; good feeling
complete change; about-face
seniority by length of service
regular (annual) pay raise
lifetime employment; permanent employment
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
training (esp. in-service); induction course
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
business manners; business etiquette
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
outside the city area; suburbs
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
working exclusively for; working full-time (for)
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
sense of being victimized; aggrieved feelings; victim mentality; victim's mind
to call a person's attention (to)
to make an appointment; to make a reservation
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
to become clear; to be made public
whistleblower; inside informant
material witness; suspect
administrator; director; commissioner
accepting bribes; corruption; graft
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo