day after day; day by day
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
position; job; employment; opening
bare livelihood; subsistence
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
repulsion; repulsive force
too (much); overly; excessively
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
making practical; making useful; implementing
next generation; future generation
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
world; society; people; the public
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
at that time; in those days
odd but somehow interesting work of art
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
beyond that point; after that
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with