xiaolongbao (eastern Chinese steamed bun); soup dumpling
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
formal signing (e.g. treaty)
order volume; orders received
hiring locally; locally-hire; local employee; employment of local staff
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
completely relying on others
service area; toll road rest stop; rest area
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation); nth year (e.g. student); order by year
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
record of proceedings; minutes
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
company director; board member
of all things (days, etc.)
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days