post; official position; managerial position; executive position
since when; from when; how long
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
tall figure; high stature
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
at once; immediately; right now
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
resistibility; resistance; resistivity
perfect; complete; flawless
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
incompetent; have no merit
outrageous lie; outright lie
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
factory; plant; mill; workshop
scale; scope; plan; structure
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
full operation (e.g. of a factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
solution; solution strategy
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson