personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money
highest grade; superlative degree
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
to be born; to come into the world
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion