person who has been laid off
apartment worth 100 million yen or more; luxury apartment
regular pay; fixed salary
falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)
incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation
requital; return; revenge; retaliation; reply
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
negotiator; bargainer; point man
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
reduction; diminution; abatement
horseplay; fooling around
proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
like a part of the family
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
outrageous lie; outright lie
university (college) professor
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode