job; work; duties; trade; skill
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
the times; the world; society
finding employment; getting a job
(personal) background check
one's own property; possessions
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
society; company; the public; the world
three times; thrice; third (interval)
arrest; apprehension; capture
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
personal grudge; personal enmity
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
sacrifice sale; selling for a song; dumping
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious