lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
triangle; triangular shape
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
president's office; director's office
office system where employees are free to change desk
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
private office; private practice
copier; copy machine; photocopier
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
baseball player; ballplayer
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
being good at cooking; good cook
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
memories; recollections; reminiscence
warp; curvature; curve; arch
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
founder of a religious sect
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
contest of strength; trial of strength