indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
direct connection; direct link
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
leisure; leisure time; spare time
willpower; energy; vitality
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
utmost limit; extremity; result
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
public facilities; utilities
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
without cause; without reason
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
single word; a few words; brief comment
halting (speech); faltering; stammering