Vocabulary

overweight

taking out (e.g. a book from a library); removing (from the premises); borrowing

large profit; a killing

the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; MLB

very rich person; the super rich

breakthrough; great discovery

local beer; microbrew

manner of wearing clothes; way of dressing; way one dresses

old clothes; worn-out clothes; cast-off clothes

no parking

roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

favour; favor

dietary fiber (fibre)

examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent

long period (of time)

directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)

rent; rental

rent; rental

rent; rental

winter crop

winter crop

Tokyo Stock Exchange

this company; this organization; this association

the same generation; coeval

chairman of board of directors

managing director; president of a company (US)

executive vice-president

fixed-width font; typewriter font; monospace font

fault-finding

a period of two days

from morning to evening; all day long

evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

entering and leaving a hospital; admission and discharge

end of the fiscal year; end of the school year

exhaust gas; exhaust fumes

little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

trade; buying and selling

bad skin; rough skin; unhealthy skin; skin irritation; skin breakouts

good correspondent; ready writer

plain woman