Vocabulary

NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)

welfare for the aged

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

limited time

United States of America; USA

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

official website

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

as a child; when one was a child

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)

DVD player

rich person; wealthy person

day (as in holiday)

standard

spreadsheet

minutes (period of)

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order

ah; oh

developer (of software, video games, etc.)

work environment

optical character recognition; OCR

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms

system requirements (i.e. recommended hardware and software to run a package)

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

to love

commuter pass container; holder for a season ticket

pre-washed rice; wash-free rice; musenmai

lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)

JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)

rather than; more ... than ...

Japan Railways; JR

healing (esp. emotional or spiritual healing)

boring; dull; uninteresting

each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country

to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch

steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain

to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)