active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
counterfeit (paper) money; counterfeit bill; counterfeit note
cash bonus; reward; bounty
in proportion to; just as much as
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
mutual agreement; understanding; common consent
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
sense of duty (obligation)