work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
program (e.g. TV); programme
one eye; single lens (e.g. camera)
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
leader; authority; mainstay
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to defy conventional wisdom
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
few decades; many decades; several decades
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
chicken; chicken game; chicken race
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
absolute amount; absolute quantity
(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to step forward; to volunteer
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
next generation; future generation
rematch (after an earlier loss)
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)