nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to work hard; to work diligently
to serve; to work for; to attend
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
every place; various places
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be the ruin of (a person)
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
exclusive; attached to; specialist
to employ; to hire; to charter
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
wages; pay; rental payment
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
intimacy; affection; familiarity