leaving work (office, school) early
young CEO; young company president
commuter pass container; holder for a season ticket
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
leading product; flagship product; top product
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
ability to attract customers
jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
New Year's Eve; December 31
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
employer's house; master's house
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
to keep a house; to run a household
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
price reduction; discount
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
cancellation of a contract
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
beloved child; dear child
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
meeting hall; assembly hall
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover