carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
wall with exposed timber pillars
ten; 10; ten years of age
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
precision equipment; delicate equipment
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
materials; data; document
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
time; season; period; phase; stage
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
to order; to command; to appoint
total denial; complete denial; denying totally (flatly, outright)
contradiction; inconsistency
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
ability; capability; skill
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)