model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
xiaolongbao (eastern Chinese steamed bun); soup dumpling
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
to devise; to plot; to plan
skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky
lucky day; auspicious day
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
public relations section or department
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
standard; basis; principle
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
to get back together (with a former partner)
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
number of characters; number of letters; word count
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
rehabilitation (in society)
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
work style; way of working
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
karoshi; death from overwork
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to continue to work; to work away (at)
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business