to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture
You'll pay for this!; You'd better keep your mouth shut!
built-in audience; regular customers
regular customer; valued client
retrenchment; curtailment; economy
competitiveness; competitive edge; competitive power
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
portrait of deceased person
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
instead; but (on the other hand)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
appointment; assignment; promotion
no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
each and all; every single one; everybody
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
like a decent person; human
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
cut; reduction; curtailment
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
tattling; telling on (someone)
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
several times; once or twice