to complain about; to grumble about; to moan about; to bemoan
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
as much as one can; as much as possible
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
prime of one's working life
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to be found; to be discovered
to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown
influence; effect; impact
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
short stature; short figure
corpulence; fatness; obesity
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
alcohol; alcoholic drink; alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
appearance; air; mien; getup
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)