kapow (sound of a gunshot); pew pew
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
to bury; to embed; to implant
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
with a click (of a button or switch); with a snap; crisply; one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single; shortly
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; closing spiel; surefire line; catchphrase
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
seeing clearly; (gods or Buddha) bearing witness (of)
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
curious; strange; unusual
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); 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 pickled cherry leaf
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
(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-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
older sister; lass; young lady
ogling; eyeing (lecherously); leering; staring