independent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice
former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; retired public prosecutor
current profits; ordinary profit; income before income taxes; ordinary income; operating income
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
deposits and savings; bank account
number of characters per line, page, etc.
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body
written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument
feigned; pretending (not to know)
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
payment; provision; benefit; performance
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
public relations; client liaison; client relations
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
temporary truce; ceasefire
to get back together (with a former partner)
temporary retirement; suspension from office
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
company name; name of a company
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
chasing after women; womanizing
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)