increase in income and profit
leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while; camera focusing error (on a space between two objects)
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
PR brochure; public relations magazine
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
liaison group; liaison committee; liaison council
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
operating officer; company executive
sales; amount sold; proceeds
legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school); parent-teacher's meeting
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
candidate (for an election)
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
trivial; not amounting to much
horseplay; fooling around
out-of-school; off-campus
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
cooking class; cookery school
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night