public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
detective agency; enquiry agency
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis
study; library; den; home office; reading room
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
rising; ascending; climbing
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
dry riverbed; river beach
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
tuft of hair under the temple; sideburns; sidelocks
practice game; practice match
leading; guiding; commanding
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
children's park; children's playground
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
clearing one's throat; cough
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow