collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
physical labor (esp. forced); strenuous manual labor; toil
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
labor market; labour market
tendency; trend; inclination
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
virtuous cycle; virtuous circle
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
chain; series; connection; linkage
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
match; game; bout; contest
particularly; only; in the case of
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
aptitude; aptness; suitability
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance