call register; incoming call history; list of received calls
working for a company; being employed by a company
to save one's face; to maintain one's status
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
nude photograph showing pubic hair
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
metallic sound; metallic clank
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
the following week; the next week
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
for use of customers or guests
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
village; hamlet; countryside; country
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
insolent fellow; rude fellow
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh