(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
for your information; I'm telling you
new graduate; recent graduate
(not) even once; (not) ever
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
duck meat stew (dish from Ishikawa prefecture)
bento; Japanese box lunch
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
in succession; one after another
interruption; interference; butting in
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to be conspicuous; to stand out
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
and yet; though; when; in spite of
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
temporary retirement; suspension from office
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
foreign; abroad; overseas
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
arm; skill; efforts; ability
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy