customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
frantic dash; rushing at full speed
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
nine parts; nine percent; almost
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
to step forward; to take a step forward
cosmetics; toilet articles
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
to pile up; to accumulate
unspecified large number (of people)
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to succeed; to bear fruit
all companies; each company
public relations; client liaison; client relations
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
star attraction; draw card; crowd puller
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days