unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
base; basis; bedrock; platform
store; reserve; stock; savings
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
order; sequence; procedure
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
stolen goods; stolen article; loot; spoils
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
inlay; inlaying; damascening
master craftsman; skillful worker
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
keep up your strength; chin up!
written estimate; quotation; quote
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
illegal residence (in a country); illegal stay; illegal overstaying (of a visa)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
heavyweight (esp. boxing); heavyweight division
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to live; to reside; to inhabit
at first; initially; in the beginning
last position; previous job; predecessor