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
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
alcoholism; alcoholic; drunkard
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
providing information; provision of information; information provision
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
Hello Work (official 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 (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); 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 cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
newly appointed; inaugural
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); hippo
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone'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
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)