seasoning; flavour; flavor
mask read-only-memory; MROM
trial product; prototype model
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
president's office; director's office
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
coding; programming; coding (i.e. assigning a code to something)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
10th day of the month; ten days
Japanese corporation; Japanese subsidiary (of a foreign corporation)
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
mass movement; popular movement
needless to say; it goes without saying
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
putting into operation; invocation
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)
at least; at most; (even) just
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
medical university; medical college; medical school