to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
business; errand; nature of one's business
pleasant feeling; good feeling
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
applicant for a job; job seeker; job-hunter
deflection; deviation; variation; declination; drift
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
new graduate; recent graduate
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
job hunting; job searching
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
Hello Work; nickname for the Public Employment Security Office
job placement; employment assistance
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
divorce; dissolution of adoption
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; (lit.) hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
newly appointed; inaugural
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
weak point; unskillfulness
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
mask; disguise; guise; mask
soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
active; dynamic; behavioural
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment