office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
income; receipts; revenue
sexing (of chickens, silkworms, etc.)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
government worker; public servant; civil servant
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
local government employee; local civil servant
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
die; dice; gambling with dice; playing hazard; You can never tell what will pop up
childcare leave; maternity leave
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy