取

Abbreviation

user's manual; instruction manual

mix-up; mistake

misunderstanding

mediation; intermediation; procuration; go-between; facilitating a rendezvous between lovers

entertainment; treatment; reception

port (side of a ship)

way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take

investigator; interrogator

to take completely; to deplete

to block off; to isolate

to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract)

to act as a go-between; to act as mediator

Usu. as ご機嫌を取り結ぶ

to curry favour with

way of handling

reserve; spare

treasured; valued

(ace) up one's sleeve; trump

Sumo

technique; techniques

acquirer

swap; exchange

to be possessed (by a spirit, demon, etc.)

to be possessed (by an idea, delusion, etc.); to be obsessed (with)

taking in; harvesting

drawing water from river or lake; water intake

to deplete; to take all

control law

Humble

to fetch (something)

Colloquial

paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table

to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

to draw on (one's savings, etc.) little by little; to break into (a reserve fund, etc.); to eat into

left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable

to hurry; to hasten

interviewee; subject of an interview