temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
Eurasian continent; Eurasia
Hello Work; nickname for the Public Employment Security Office
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
rock 'n' roll; rock and roll
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
long distance relationship
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
archipelago; group of islands
garden (esp. with trees); park
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
moron; idiot; stupid person
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
job hunting; job searching
back off!; leave me alone!
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji