promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
Saitama (city, prefecture)
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
working at home; telecommuting
flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime; flex (in a golf shaft)
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
gleaming; shining; glistening
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
last days; the end; one's fate
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to pile up; to accumulate
at work; in the midst of work; working
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
regular time; stated period
business trip; official trip