round trip (airplane) ticket
ladies' day; promotional scheme where women are offered discounts on certain days (e.g. at cinemas)
ape hand (deformity); simian hand
waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game
cutting the cake (at a wedding)
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
living with one's parents; living at home
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
pessimism; negative thinking
American continent; the Americas
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
paid vacation; paid holiday
card (with a message written on it)
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
somehow; for some reason or other
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
office hours; business hours; working hours
dishonesty; injustice; dishonor; dishonour; ingratitude
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in