diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
that day; the very same day
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
finding employment; getting a job
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
to be prolonged; to drag on
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
working adult; full-fledged member of society