Japan and Italy; Japanese-Italian
personal attack; personal denunciation
apartment building; block of flats; condominium
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
evening meal; dinner; supper
interview; oral examination
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
having no idea; having no clue
advertising department; public relations department; PR department
break (from work, etc.); recess
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
publicity (information) activities; public relations
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer
to underrate; to make light of
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
personal identification number; PIN; password number
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
beloved child; dear child
new product; new line (of products)
every month; monthly; month by month
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death