company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
sarsaparilla (Smilax regelii); sarsa
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
cosmo-chemistry; space science
associate editor; deputy editor
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
business office; place of business
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking
stupid idiot; total moron
evening meal; dinner; supper
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
new graduate; recent graduate
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
to get along well with; to make a go of it
to quit one's job; to resign
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)