feces and urine; excreta; human waste
Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month
Iomante; Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is raised for two years and then sacrificed
The Big Apple (nickname for New York City)
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
shopping area within a train station
sabotage; slow-down tactics
diurnality; daytime activity; diurnal
one's fellow workers; fellow employees
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
genuine product; official product; accessory product from the manufacturer of the main product
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
traffic infringement; traffic law violation
by your leave; with your permission
Persephone (Greek goddess)
dragon-slaying; Kawasaki Ki-45 (WWII heavy fighter aircraft)
rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
right place; right position; right post
ganmodoki; fried tofu fritter made with vegetables