noun:

• enterprise union; company union; in-house union ➜ 企業別組合

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

noun:

• cellar; cave; hole in the ground

noun:

• cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
• (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term

noun:

• cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.) ➜ ウォームビズ

noun:

• lex talionis; the law of talion; an eye for an eye - Law term - From Latin "talio"

noun:

• last guest (tea ceremony); third guest of honour (honor); guest who sits in the seat furthest from the host and assists in various ways ➜ 詰め【つめ】・次客【じきゃく】・正客【しょうきゃく】

noun:

• one-line fact; one-line information; information (explanation) provided in a few scanty words - four character idiom

noun:

• Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari ➜ 琵琶
• chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

noun:

• O-saifu Keitai (brand name); wallet cell phone; mobile wallet; mobile phone equipped with a contactless IC card for ATM use, payments, etc.

noun:

• glass safety film; glass protective film; anti-shattering film for glass

adverb:

• further; besides; moreover; in addition to

~と adverb:

• up and down; lightly; nimbly; moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit - onomatopoeia
• casually; (strolling about) without a care - onomatopoeia ➜ ひょいひょい

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• being rich; having plenty of money; wallowing in money

noun / ~する noun:

• ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun:

• sizzle cut; sizzle shot; mouth-watering image in an advertising

adverb:

• midway; halfway through; in the course of

noun:

• debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears

noun:

• dry lacquer technique; kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer