middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener
prejudice; bias; distorted view
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to increase; to add to; to augment
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
Japanese (people, language, style)
Saitama (city, prefecture)
one's post; place of work; workplace
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
predation; eating prey; preying upon
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
front kick (esp. martial arts)
speaking of ...; as for ...
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
counsel; defender; advocate
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
to be profitable; to yield a profit
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin