labor; labour; manpower; working force
working exclusively for; working full-time (for)
design concept; design philosophy; basic ideas behind a design
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
treatment (of a person); dealing with
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
deputy head teacher; vice principal
dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
distrust; unjust suspicion
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
memorial; testimonial; commemorative
consequently; as a result
capable of anything; liable to do
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
scandal; deplorable event
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
personal attack; personal denunciation
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
year in, year out; always; 24-7
drop (e.g. of water); drip