nursery school teacher; childcare worker
gifted education; special education for gifted children
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
educator; teacher; educationalist
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
overlap; duplication; doubling
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
you; (arch.) your residence
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
rejection (of an application)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
mature woman; middle-aged woman
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE)
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
primness; putting on airs; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
being fully equipped; being fully furnished; complete
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
Washlet; electronic bidet; toilet seat with bidet functions
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)