perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator
poor business performance; economic slump
advertising department; public relations department; PR department
water breaking (during pregnancy)
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
outside order; outsourcing; custom (manufacture)
Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
high dimension; higher dimensions
interruption; interference; butting in
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
power of expression; expressiveness; expressive power
to call again; to call someone back
pharmaceutical (drug) company
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
creator; inventor; developer
talk; dialogue; conversation
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
release (of a film, music album, software, etc.); publication; release; liberation; release (of a previously pressed mouse button)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
private person; individual
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum