garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
fixed interval; fixed period
how long; how far; how much
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
training (esp. in-service); induction course
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
long johns; long underpants; long underwear
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
sea level rise; rise in sea level
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
with a click (of a button or switch); with a snap; crisply; one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single; shortly
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
going up and down; rising and falling
about here; in this neighborhood
hundred points; perfect mark
serious look (on one's face); straight face
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full