working; being employed; being hired
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
to continue to work; to work away (at)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
marketable securities; stocks and bonds
gem; jewel; precious stone
that's the way it is; such is life
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
bond; bill; certificate; security
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
bodily sensation; sense; experience
weight; heavyweight boxer
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
one's possessions; ownership
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
reasoning; logic; persuasion
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
an eye for people; the ability to judge character