bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
signing; autograph session
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
hotcake; (American) pancake
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
cut; reduction; curtailment
female friend; woman friend
to work hard; to work diligently
regular time; stated period
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
bento; Japanese box lunch
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing