ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
department (faculty) of literature
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
empirical; from experience
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
one grade; first-class; primary
technical skill; ability; capacity
target group; target persons
continuation; succession; series
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
official announcement; proclamation
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
decision; settlement; definition
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit