the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
bank; banking institution
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
delivery; transfer; hand-over
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to move (house); to change residence
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
society; public; community; social studies
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom