human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training
imitating; copying; mimicking
sharp sighted; easily awakened
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
approximate age; age range
easy to read; legible; clear
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
Japanese-style bookbinding
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
a small leak will sink a great ship
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
old rice; rice remaining from the previous year's harvest
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
loving something but being very bad at it
pungent; irritating; acrid
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
sincerity; true heart; devotion
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
medical treatment (esp. surgical)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails