news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
data processing; data handling
things depend on how you look at them
job (responsibility) of a section
Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)
staying up all night; all-night vigil
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
admission ticket for an examination
positive thinking; optimism
mid-year gift; summer gift
important documents; important papers
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
founder; originator; pioneer
division (of company); operations department
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
carving; engraving; chiselled features
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
distance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.); carry (of a golf ball); flight (of an arrow)
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent