Matsumae pickles; dried squid, kombu, and herring roe pickled together
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
administrative; managerial; operational
the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are
health maintenance; health preservation
ladle; tadpole; musical note
data collecting party; news crew
time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work; working hours; number of hours worked
service industry; service sector
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
to be born; to come into the world
to become desperate; to give in to despair
president's office; director's office
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
over-fond parent; doting parent