tea dispenser (in office break rooms); tea machine
chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting
the field; the parade ground
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
gathering to remember a dead person; memorial meeting
minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck
light (flavor); lightly-seasoned; thin (porcelain, paper, etc.); thinly made; thin soy sauce; light soy sauce
return current; convection; reflux
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
reserve funds; emergency funds
financial statement; statement of accounts
rental house; rental housing; house to let
reaching a decision by using a circular letter; reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees
budget compilation (by the Cabinet)
to come to an end; to rest
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
study tour; guided visit; field trip
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
Financial Services Agency; FSA
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
inauguration; installation ceremony
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
counting by the minute (of a schedule, etc.)
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
cardiopulmonary arrest; showing no vital signs