room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
vent; bent; "finger bending" guitar technique
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
to look young; to seem young
great person; eminent figure
book; volume; this; present; main; head
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fan; to incite; to instigate
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up