committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
upskilling; improving one's skills
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
draw; tie; quits; even; square
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
Ōoka Echizen (televised period drama; 1970-1999)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
application; request; petition
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
whispered conversation; whispering
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
recommendation; referral; endorsement
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
unceasing; never-ending; endless
recommendation (by others)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
loud shout; excited cheering
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows); fascicle
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
organization; organisation; forming
nose medicine (e.g. nasal spray); bribe; hush money; soothing sweets (for a child)
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization