being adopted into the family of one's bride
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
Japan and Germany; Japanese-German
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
motherland; fatherland; native country
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
domestic; parochial; noncosmopolitan; provincial
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
outside the country; abroad
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
stock offering (to the public)
comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence
Japanese company (business, firm)
branch office; agency; sub-branch
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.)
self-torturing; masochistic
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
in proportion to; according to; depending on
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
trade; buying and selling
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over