commuter marriage; weekend marriage
looking for love; searching for a lover
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
dot-com; Internet business; .com
bad at romance; awkward in relationships
to catch a taxi; to take a taxi
becoming fraught with emotion
bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)
scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage
mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
collection vehicle (garbage, etc.)
bouncing a ball against a wall (tennis exercise)
exorcism rite; purification
loco moco (Hawaiian rice dish)
handwritten letter; handwritten character
express dispatch; urgent correspondence
being highly educated, having a high salary and being tall; (lit.) three highs; high-valued yen, high stock prices and high land prices (usu. in reference to the Bubble Era)
office romance; office love affair
bridal; nuptial; wedding; wedding planning
order (to an employee from management)
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
table tennis table; ping-pong table
to haunt to death; to possess and kill
drinking and vomiting; coming and going
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
this occasion; at this time; now
company management; managing a company
net news; network news; Usenet
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules