cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
employment (long term); hire
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train)
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
to put on airs; to assume importance
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
snow blown up from the ground
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
form; method; system; formula
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
(involving) payment; (involving) compensation; paying a fee
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
opening a business; opening a practice
financing plan; funding plan; cash planning
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
as you can imagine; as you might guess
continuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; (lit.) third sector