president's office; director's office
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
hair or fur on the surface of fabric; pile; growth of hair; hairy legs
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
dullard; indecisive person
leather cover; leather binding
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to kick over; to kick down
mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
firm promise; definite promise
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
lost; loss; to lose (something)
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
establishment (of a business); founding
second level (company, etc.)
finance business; moneylending business
way; method; means; resource; course
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
in-car announcement (on a train); PA system on a train
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler