(literally) digging around a tree before transplanting it; / (figuratively) seeking agreement in meetings and discussions with others before putting a change into action

灯: electric lights / 投: pitches / 棟: buildings / 等: / 頭: heads of large animals (cows, horses)

刀: a sword, a katana; a scalpel, such as that used by a surgeon; a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword / 灯: electric light / 当: / 投: / 豆: / 党: political party

当: this (business or place)

東: a surname / 唐: Tang dynasty, which ruled China from 618 to 907 / 湯: / 藤: a surname

to concatenate / to compose / covered in a gauze-like net

Alternative form of 栃

東芝: Toshiba, a Japanese company

闘志: fighting spirit / 闘士: fighter / 投資: investment / 透視: seeing through / 凍死: death from cold / 刀子: small knife / 唐紙: Chinese paper / 倒死: dying on the side of the road / 島司: governor of an island

投資: invest / 透視: see through / 凍死: freeze to death / 盗視: steal a glance