bilingual; in two languages
failing to report; unreported; not officially registered (e.g. spouse)
cloth to wipe the sweat off
100% buckwheat soba; soba made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour
start-up company; venture business
rice cooker pot; pot inside rice cooker; indoor bathwater heater
food hygiene officer; food hygiene manager
Bengalese finch; society finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica)
job satisfaction exploitation; trading off wages against "rewards"
monthly mean; monthly average
Edo-period unit of gold coinage; golden eyes (of a cat, etc.); splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
holiday allowance; allowance for working at weekends or on a holiday
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
around 50 (years of age, esp. women)
sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in
home gardening (esp. food); home growing
evaluation on an absolute scale
flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime
feeling of affinity; friendship
officer's compensation or remuneration
splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
idea man; ideas man; person of ideas
prime factorization; prime decomposition
ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement