narrow; thin (sized); slender
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad
erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow); erh hu
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
private message; PM; post-meridiem; afternoon; project manager; product manager; particulate matter
riskiness; (level of) danger
exclusive; attached to; specialist
personal; individual; private
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
transactions; dealings; business
company; corporation; workplace
to employ; to hire; to charter
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
machine parts; machinery; equipment
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
succeeding; following; trailing; next
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand