in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
going around; patrol; round; tour
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
abuse; misuse; perversion
measures to stimulate employment; employment measures
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical
older sister; elder sister
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
opinion; intention; thought
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
show; exhibition; spectacle
expressive person (e.g. in musical performance)
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
pretension; assumption (of a title)
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
late at night; at a late hour
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
pain of love; love troubles
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book