to (try to) act like a big-shot
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
losing shape (of clothing, etc.); losing form
commercial vehicle (taxi, bus, truck, etc.)
account (e.g. for an online service)
out-sourcing; outsourcing
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
to cook (something) with rice
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
online dating app; match-making app
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
whole company; all the companies
no regrets; without regrets
information leak; data breach
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
health is wealth; health is your most valuable asset
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
water's edge; beach; shore
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
(dying of) natural causes
mentally strong; strong-willed
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
business office; place of business
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
legend; folklore; legend (e.g. on a map); usage guide; (living) legend; icon
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)