rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; (lit.) a skilled hawk hides its talons
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
public relations; client liaison; client relations
businessman; industrialist
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
picking; collecting; harvesting
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
sample; specimen; test piece
medical science; medicine
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
economic world; financial circles; business community
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
to fret; to be fretful; to be peevish
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
courtship behavior (animals)
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
point in question (at issue)
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous