empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
maternity nerves; maternity neurosis
urine analysis; urinalysis
to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
duty station; place of business; work location
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
wetting; love affair; lover
to go into labor; to go into labour
(private) investigation company; research agency
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
rear right (corner, etc.); on the right and at the end; right-hand side and at the back
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
to leave as it is; to defer
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
omitted character; omitted letter