nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
senior; veteran; old-timer
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
editor (in publishing, etc.)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
system; institution; organization; organisation
Japanese corporation; Japanese subsidiary (of a foreign corporation)
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to move (house); to change residence
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
the place for; the time for; the level of
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
product; produce; result; fruit
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
home delivery (of food); outside catering
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
boiling in (plain or lightly salted) water; boiled food
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
power of femininity; woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; girliness (as a positive quality)
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
to let one's actions do the talking; to lead by example; to walk the talk
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence
to sit; to squat; to be implicated