work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to rule; to govern; to administer
numerator; molecule; member; element
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
blood formation; hematopoiesis; haematopoiesis; hemopoiesis; haemopoiesis; hematosis
leukocyte; leucocyte; white blood cell
living thing; organism; creature; biology
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
beyond that point; after that
turmoil; chaos; confusion
imagination; supposition; guess
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
long-term hospitalization
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
interruption; suspension; break
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to happen to meet; to come across
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)