appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
police officer; policeman; constable
fast approach; quick intimacy
inquiry counter; consulting service; assistance service
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
customary; conventional; usual
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
ideally; if one were to wish for more
flaring up; bursting into flames
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
rush; rush hour; rush print (in films, anime, etc.); lighter aboard ship; LASH
handrail; railing; banister
influenced (by); under an influence
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised