battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
concussion (of the brain)
bowel movement; evacuation
dietary fiber; dietary fibre
first year of high school; first-year high school student
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
kiwi (Apteryx spp.); kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa)
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
complete recovery; healing
third day of the month; three days
comic books; comics; comic; comical
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
public and private; official and personal; government and people
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
answering machine; answer phone
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
object of romantic interest
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
nikujaga; meat and potato stew