to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to bury; to embed; to implant
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
results; record; grades; marks
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
section manager; section chief
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
signature phrase; signature saying
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
curious; strange; unusual
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
modesty; humility; being humble
reduction by half; halving
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
older sister; lass; young lady
ogling; eyeing (lecherously); leering; staring