active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
two times; twice; two degrees
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
serious; not joking; straight
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
the other day; a few days ago
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
women's group; women's association
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to go out and away; to leave
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
president's office; director's office