older employee who does not have much actual work
likability; favorability; popularity
hips; buttocks; backside; hip; trendy; cool
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
receiving an electric shock
high mountain; lofty peak
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
one's own child; one's own children
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
trial product; prototype model