personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
availability (of rooms, parking, appointments, etc.)
to copy (down); to transcribe
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
air conditioning; air cooling
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
to complete decisively; to do to completion
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
jumble; hodgepodge; mishmash; disorderly mixture
hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
stretch (of a material); stretch material; stretch (exercise); stretching; stretch; straight (course)
working for a company; being employed by a company
examination table (at a doctor's office)
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
negative thinking; pessimism
strong; powerful; strong (taste; e.g. of coffee)
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
to feel a chill run down one's spine
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
jet; spray; emission; rocket propulsion; jet propulsion
triangle; triangular shape
postcard; memo; note; card
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen