Fleming's rules (Fleming's left-hand rule and Fleming's right-hand rule)
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
contract expiry; contract expiration
phone conference; conference call
young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff
Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619)
lifetime employment; permanent employment
Tachibana Muneshige (1569?-1643.1.15)
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
goal to strive for; challenge
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
enrolling at a cram school
terminal symptoms; sign of the approaching end
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
job hunting; job searching
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
unbeatable; unbeaten; invincible
Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
haughty; holding one's head high
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
older person with more life experience
paid vacation; paid holiday
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe