presentation of employment offer; orientation occasion for prospective employees
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
organic farming; organic cultivation
prostitution; call girl business
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
police; polis (ancient Greek city state); -city
highball; whisky and soda
roasting (e.g. of coffee)
chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
single-mother household; fatherless family
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
advance payment; money paid in advance
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
business hours; opening hours; office hours
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
homeless; homeless person
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
expressing one's mind; speaking out
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer