step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to become bright; to become clear
business world; business circles; (the) industry
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
origin; beginning; source; rise
than; other than; except; but
jimble (Carybdea rastoni)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
four (long cylindrical things)
fund-raising; fund collecting
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
great trouble; difficulty
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
the future; future prospects
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
for today; for the time being
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
home area; home town; local
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)
dancing or jumping for joy
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
it is not (like that) either
sewing; needlework; embroidery
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race