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
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.)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
price reduction; discount
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to think constantly about; to dwell on