Vocabulary

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

sheet metal worker

itajime technique; resist-dyeing technique in which folded fabric is clamped between two boards

wooden fence; board fence

functional

pantheism

general-purpose machine

artwork; block copy; paste-up

block copy artist

version number; revision number

letter of responsibility (for a crime)

criminology

crime rate

(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields

bustle; prosperity

traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character

red-tapism

han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers

clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism

vending machine

sales opportunity

seller; vendor

sales strategy

sales agent

selling price

sales department

example

category

to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble

worry; agony

playing house

to play house

construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters

(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit

to saw

recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival

late-growing rice

late education

banquet; dinner party

sunset; setting sun