incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
physical work; manual labour (labor)
the very best; excellent; superb
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
administration costs; administrative expenses; management costs
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to blame; to find fault with
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
prejudice; bias; distorted view
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
power; authority; jurisdiction
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)