to find fault with; to question
royal castle; imperial castle
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
final; eventual; ultimate
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
the place for; the time for; the level of
foreign capital group; foreign company
consultation; consulting; consul
finding employment; getting a job
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
another company; other company
Japanese person; Japanese people
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
format; procedure; way of proceeding
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
at least; at most; (even) just
senior high school; high school
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to be helpful; to be useful
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
falsely similar; counterfeit
that is to say; so that means