low salary

nonessential and nonurgent

(baseball) straight; four-seam fastball / (by extension) straightforward

(baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not

a lump sum paid when a civil servant retires before reaching the number of years necessary to receive a pension; one of the benefits of the Onkyu Law

leave, furlough / temporary layoff

permafrost

(education) research project, done by Japanese schoolchildren during summer break, to be presented upon return to school

Synonym of 眼筋 (gankin, “ocular muscle”)

taking the afternoon off