global standard; global standards
private residence temporarily taking lodgers
beluga whale (Delphinapterus Leucas)
cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.)
man who financially depends on a woman
truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school
to get back together (with a former partner)
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
vertically structured society
Burgundy (wine); Bourgogne
last position; previous job; predecessor
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
complete lie; outright lie
courtesy call; courtesy visit
electrical machinery; appliances
holding on to; sticking to
prototype model; experimental machine
reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
deliverer; deliveryman; delivery person
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
question and answer session
sweatshirt; sweatpants; sweats; sweat
drop of water; polka dots
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
cabin attendant; flight attendant; Certification Authority; CA; carbohydrate antigen; chronological age
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric