circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
invisibly; secretly; privately
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
powerless; helpless; incompetent
prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; (lit.) a walking stick before stumbling
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
forcibly; against one's will
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
still (continuing); as ever; further