department store; department
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
so; therefore; and; (and) then
Japanese language school (for non-native speakers)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
digitization; digital transformation
discarding; throwing away; getting rid of; dismissal (of an employee); firing; sacking
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
you (plural); all of you; you all
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
mass; lump; nodule; baby boom generation (of 1947-1949); babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)