employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
steady; sound; reliable; solid
to employ; to hire; to charter
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
a dime a dozen; two a penny
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
way (of doing); manner; method; means
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
factory; plant; mill; workshop
many; much; plenty; hardly
to go with the flow; to go with the times
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
engraver; carver; sculptor
author; writer; novelist; artist
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
token (effort); something done for form's sake
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing