My words

有給休暇

ゆうきゅうきゅうか

paid vacation, leave

中小企業

ちゅうしょうきぎょう

small to medium enterprises, smaller companies

福利厚生

ふくりこうせい

welfare program, welfare programme

帰省

きせい

homecoming, returning home

つま先

つまさき

toes, tips of the toes, toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

足の爪

Ashi no tsume

foot nail

反映

はんえい

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.), reflecting, influence, application (e.g. of an update)

南半球

みなみはんきゅう

southern hemisphere

野生

やせい

wild, growing wild, I

休らい

やすらい

resting, relaxing, hesitating, loitering

腹を割る

はらをわる

to be frank, to drop all pretense

理性的

りせいてき

rational

とは言え

とはいえ

though, although, be that as it may, nonetheless

見学

けんがく

inspection, study by observation, field trip

お神輿

おみこし

portable shrine (carried in festivals), buttocks, lower back, waist, hips

平地

ひらち へいち

level ground, plain

熱狂的

ねっきょうてき

wildly enthusiastic, crazy (about something)

降水確率

こうすいかくりつ

chance of precipitation, chance of rain

観賞用

Kanshō-yō

ornamental

標準

ひょうじゅん

standard, level, norm

通路側

つうろがわ

(on the) aisle, aisle seat

矯正

きょうせい

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.), remedy, rectification, redress, reform

重箱

じゅうばこ

multi-tiered food box, stacked boxes

飼い犬に手をかまれる

かいいぬにてをかまれる

to be betrayed by a trusted follower

接待

せったい

reception, welcome, serving (food), wining and dining, business entertainment, corporate entertainment, entertaining politicians

訴状

そじょう

petition, complaint, (legal) brief

打

ダース だ

batting, hitting a ball, stroke

一貫

いっかん

consistency, coherence, integration, one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb), one piece of sushi

ぼーっと

ぼうっと ぼおっと

doing nothing, being stupefied, flushingly, abstractedly, dazedly, blankly, dreamily, dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly, with a roar (e.g. flames), with a whoosh

脱落

だつらく

loss, dropping out, falling by the wayside, omission, lacuna, gap, hiatus, desertion, defection, apostasy