manufactured goods; finished goods; product
vacuum pack; vacuum packing
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
test for a position in a company; company entrance test
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
in its entirety; whole; wholly
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
just then; at that time; at that moment; as it's a time of ...; in this time of ...
digitization; digital transformation
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
communality; community; having something in common
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
Buddhist country; the land of Buddha; Buddhist paradise
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
self-control; self-restraint
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations