company president; manager; director
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to boost; to force up; to push up
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
middle of the night; dead of night
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
demotion; relegation; downgrading
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to have the privilege of doing
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to sigh; to breathe a sigh