unreasonably strict school rules
compulsory school attendance
independent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice
sulfur mine; sulphur mine
neighbourhood dispute (neighborhood); neighbourhood quarrel; grievance with one's neighbour
traffic jams at the end of a (multi-day) holiday caused by returning vacation-goers
karoshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month)
electrical manufacturer; company manufacturing electric devices; electric-appliance maker
job satisfaction exploitation; trading off wages against "rewards"
to show; to display; to dangle (an offer) in front of; to hold out; to send flurries (of snow, etc.)
monthly mean; monthly average
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
to get a body piercing (earlobe, tongue, etc.)
holiday allowance; allowance for working at weekends or on a holiday
finder (of lost property)
state; condition; situation; terms
finder (of lost property)
problem handling; troubleshooting
virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
Okamoto Tarou (1911.2.26-1996.1.7)
to fold (one's) arms; to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
teacher employment examination
forcible obstruction of business; obstructing business by force
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
labor problem; labour problem
over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
risk aversion; hedging; danger avoidance
selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment
alternative school; free school
double-edged; double-edged blade
creating a (usually favorable) environment