entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
private company; private corporation
local government employee; local civil servant
mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)
baby boom generation (of 1947-1949)
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
nonperforming asset; bad assets; toxic assets
transfer; assignment; conveyance
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
municipal bond; local bond
Fiscal Investment and Loan Program; FILP
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
intensive-care old people's home
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to get out of shape; to lose shape
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
glycosuria; glucosuria; urine sugar
low-salt diet; low-sodium diet
cold storage; refrigeration
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid