to put on airs; to assume importance
to begin talking; to open up
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
temporary retirement; suspension from office
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
until now; so far; up to the present
written notification; notification (written)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to care for someone; to look after someone
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
number of (large) animals
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
control; management (e.g. of a business)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
this is why; this means; it is the case that
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
new graduate; recent graduate
antiquity; the previous era
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
after the end (of something); post-
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away