almost; roughly; approximately
the same; the said; likewise
time; season; period; phase; stage
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
reigning; controlling; dictating
commander; commanding officer; CO
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
holding two or more positions concurrently
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
have a pain in one's chest
as (for); for; in the capacity of
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
coincident with; while; simultaneously
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
stationery shop; a stationer
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
present; gift; to give a present or gift
war; fighting; fierce competition
testimony; (verbal) evidence
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document