foothills; first range of mountains
reversal (process in photography); reversal film; reversal; inversion
your company; your shrine
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
holding hands with fingers interlocked
please (give me); please (do for me)
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
regular customer; valued client
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
press; print shop; printing office
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
creator; inventor; developer
public and private; official and personal; government and people
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins