people; men and women; each person; everybody
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
great difference; big difference; wide margin
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to be erected; to be built
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to come from; to have roots in
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
labor; labour; manpower; working force
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
university graduate; having graduated from university
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
job separation rate; job turnover
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
evaluation period (software, new employee, etc.); trial period; probation period
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to comfort; to console; to amuse
front; frontage; facade; main
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
recent graduate looking to change jobs
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple