(n) former prime minister
(n) extremely outmoded
(n,vs) organizational inertia
organisational inertia
(n) (comp) grassroots bulletin board
(n) (comp) grassroots network
(n) (comp) busy indicator
busy lamp
(n) deep knowledge
(adj-i) subtle
elusive
slippery
(adj-i) subtle
elusive
slippery
(n) (1) financially scraping by
meagre existence (meager)
hand to mouth existence
(2) living one's life without plan
living life day-by-day
taking life one day at a time
(n) economics of scope
economics of diversification
(n) figurative magic wand
(exp) to close a bag tight by pulling the drawstring
(n) adult toy shop (i.e. a sex shop)
(n) according to public opinion
(n) cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage (lit: "third beer")
(n) this corrupt world
(n) (comp) level of performance
(oK) (adv) (at) high speed
as fast as one can
with lightning speed
(exp) unused things (esp. clothing)
objects bought but never used
(exp) having no outstanding characteristics (lit: height comparison among acorns)
to all seem about the same
bragging competition ("pissing contest") concerning matters of little importance
(n) battle of Dannoura
final battle of Heike-Genji wars
(n) (comp) paragraph header
(n) gentlemens watches
(n) cobweb theorem
(exp) (with) only the clothes one happens to wear
(exp) (with) only the clothes one happens to wear
(n) (math) intermediate value theorem
(n) Chinese room (artificial intelligence thought experiment)
(n) man with a corrupt heart