joint unlawful act; joint tort
restructuring termination (of employment); dismissal due to economic conditions
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
principle of laissez-faire
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
friend; comrade; companion
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination
Kitahara Hakushuu (1885-1942)
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)
sales skills; marketing power; sales strength; sales expertise
deposits and savings; bank account
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
national glory; Ralls Genet (cultivar of apple); Ralls Janet; Rawls Jennet
good old wife; one's wife of many years
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
marketable securities; stocks and bonds
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
finally; in the end; on top of all that
Leibniz; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716)
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
addition; adding; supplement
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis
evaluation period (software, new employee, etc.); trial period; probation period
(deposit) passbook; bankbook