two out; two down (and one to go)
office supplies; stationery
teacher employment examination
prefectural assembly member
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(while) holding a post or being in office
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
(pork) cutlet curry; tonkatsu curry
prime of one's working life
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
(eligible) voter; elector; holder of a right; rightsholder; bigwig; person with political clout
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to waste time; to kill time
certain evidence; definite evidence
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
timewasting; killing time
set of three; three sets; three classes
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly