specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
webcast; web broadcast; Internet distribution; online distribution
division (of company); operations department
to depend on somebody for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
verbal message; word (from someone)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
workshop; studio; atelier
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
opposite side; other side; other party
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
management responsibility; administrative responsibility
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry