Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
double-dipping (a food item in sauce)
manufacturer's suggested retail price; MSRP; recommended retail price; RRP; list price
boiled fugu dish (served with ponzu dipping sauce)
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer
one's fate (fortune) as concerns marriage
amount of payment; amount paid
population; universe; parent set
renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others
base- (e.g. base-2); numeral system; counting system
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
piecework that can be done at home; outwork
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
biting (cold); severe; intense; piercing
level of popularity (with the opposite sex); degree of attractiveness
what parents would bring up a kid like this?; (lit.) I'd like to see his (her) parents' faces
fashion style for young women invoking a soft, forest-like feeling
amount of snowfall; snow accumulation
Chirean (Pokemon character)
slave labor; slave labour
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
missing an opportunity; opportunity loss
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
this side; in the forefront
accounting; (the) accounting process; account processing
administrative; managerial; operational