firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; relief pitcher; reliever
first runner (in a relay race); top-class runner; vanguard (of a person); front line; top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
conditions of a contract; terms of a contract
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
value of one's property (assets); property (asset) value
to withstand; to be able to endure
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
putting one's courage to the test
son of a bitch; piece of shit
comments section (on a blog, website, application, etc.); comment field
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
posing a question; question
private; exclusive; secret
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
strike (i.e. industrial action)