issuing (a banknote, ticket, etc.)
treatment; service; handling; management
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to continue to work; to work away (at)
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
finding employment; getting a job
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
installation (esp. software)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
(one's) quota; assignment
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
extremely dangerous; very risky; very awful; extremely terrible; amazing; terrific
intimacy; affection; familiarity
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
manufacturing process; production manufacture
cold storage; refrigeration
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
to reinsert; to put in again; to refocus (one's mind); to renew (one's resolve); to pour again (e.g. tea); to brew afresh
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
barcode; bar code; comb-over (hairstyle)
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)