selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
storehouse; warehouse; godown
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
upper floor (of a building)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
(natural) lighting (of an interior space)
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove; household; family
kitchen; financial situation; finances
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
systematic; regular; routine
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model