place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
boxing; packing into a box; something packed into a box
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
test procedure; testing methodology
refinement; narrowing-down
interview (e.g. for a job)
briskly; quickly; promptly
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to incur someone's enmity
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
hello; good day; good afternoon
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
secondary sex characteristic
feminine; womanly; female
application information; application guidelines; application handbook
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
qualification requirement (for a job)
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
distrust; unjust suspicion
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
one eye; one of one's eyes
to close (one's eyes); to shut
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
most (numerous); largest (number of)
publicity (information) activities; public relations
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
reasoning; logic; persuasion