improvement of labor conditions (labour)
lodging host; lodging place
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
government management; state management
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
severe; strict; tough; hard
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
impudent; shameless; brazen
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
treasure chest; strongbox
association; union; guild
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
in search of; in order to look for
fine weather; fair weather
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
to cut corners; to be shoddy
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)