to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
New Year party where greetings (or business cards, etc.) are exchanged
day use (of a hotel room, etc.)
year-end bonus; bonus salary given at the end of the year
the field; the parade ground
adulterous love affair with someone at work
termination of employment contract; unfair termination
Daihatsu (Japanese automobile manufacturer)
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
being very popular; being in great demand; octopus dried on skewers
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
compensated dating; dating a sugar daddy
telework; telecommuting; remote work
operating officer; company executive
settlement money; compensation to settle a case out of court
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; stealing
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
letter of resignation; request for retirement
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
dirt cheap; super cheap; bargain-priced
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
old hag; old woman; old bat