drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
government worker; public servant; civil servant
government office; public office
self-torturing; masochistic
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
black lustre; black luster
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
trusting too much; overestimating ability
Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
around the world; throughout the world
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
administrator; director; commissioner
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily