apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
price decline; fall in price
damage taken; damage received; incoming damage
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
stocking up (on); hoarding
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
quipping back at something said by oneself; poking fun at one's own comment
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
remaining quantity; residual quantity
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
(not possible) on such short notice
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
faculty (of a university); school; college; department
finding employment; getting a job
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
kindergartener; preschooler
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
faculty of science and engineering; college of science and engineering; school of science and engineering
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to beat back into shape; to correct (a bad habit, character trait, etc.) by discipline; to straighten (someone) out
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000