promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
application; request; petition
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
continuous stay away from home; staying on without returning; continuous stay at a pleasure quarter; staying for days on end at a brothel
particularly; only; in the case of
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
very great; enormous; serious
resigning from one's job when one gets married; retirement due to marriage; leaving a job because of marriage
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
quality check; quality inspection; quality assurance
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
longan (Euphoria longana)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
with a slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to have a chill run down one's spine
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all