work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
enterprise; business; company; corporation
business; trade; operations; sales
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
work; business; company; study
business world; business circles; (the) industry
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
commerce; trade; business
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
graduation ceremony; commencement
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
studies; schoolwork; classwork
principal occupation; core business
occupation; calling; livelihood
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
work-in-progress; working state
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
opening a business; opening a practice
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
opening ceremony (of the school term)
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
quick work; (clever) feat
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
start of work; commencement; opening
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
business hours; opening hours; office hours
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
for work; for manufacturing
fishing industry; fishery
businessman; industrialist
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
establishment (of a business); founding
business use; business purposes
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
deed; act; work; performance
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
same trade; same business; same profession
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
graduation certificate; diploma; testamur
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
normal duties; (one's) regular work
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
obstruction of business; interference with business
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
temporary closure (of a shop, etc.); extra holiday; special holiday
the Industrial Revolution
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
business person; operator; carrier (telecommunications, transport, etc.)
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
acrobatics; risky undertaking
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
graduation examination; graduation test
division (of company); operations department
big corporation; major firm; leading company
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
private clinician; physician in private practice
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
opening time; starting time of work
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
unnatural death; violent death
affiliated company; affiliated business
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
employment; starting work
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
start-up company; venture business
Japanese company (business, firm)
business office; place of business
person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc.)
independent business; self-employment
service industry; service sector
karma (from one's previous life)
business plan; business schedule; project
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
detective work; detective industry
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
being open but having virtually no business
unnatural or untimely (death)
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
business results; business performance
job-related; in the course of one's work
art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
listed company (on a stock exchange)
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
plant; enterprise place; office
tourist trade; travel industry; tourist business; tourist enterprise
industrial spy; industrial espionage
order (to an employee from management)
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
industrialist; entrepreneur
enterprising man; businessman; industrialist
finance business; moneylending business
forwarding or transportation industry
corporate (e.g. sports team); business organization; business corporation
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
to work as; to pursue as a vocation
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
munitions industry; war industry
restaurant industry; restaurant business; catering industry
technical high school; industrial high school
small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
business world; business circles
full-time househusband; stay-at-home dad
industrial (manufacturing, factory) town or city
real estate agent; realtor
other companies in the same business; rival firms
school record; scholastic performance
obstruction of business; interference with business; interference with somebody's duties
industry terminology; professional jargon; buzzword
joint enterprise; joint venture
professional; careerman; worker
shipping industry; marine transport
forwarding agent; carrier
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
business conditions; business category; line of business
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
agricultural technology; farming techniques
uphill task; difficult undertaking (project)
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
broker; intermediary; broking house
penal labour; work assigned to prisoners
music industry; music business
rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed
corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)
business efforts; corporate efforts
paper (manufacturing) industry
agricultural country; agrarian nation
construction industry; construction business
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
front company (for an organized crime operation)
tourism industry; tourist industry
management task; administrative task
different type of business; different occupation
homekeeping; housekeeping; housewifery
business-to-business; inter-business; inter-enterprise; B2B
work procedure; operational procedure
work left uncompleted at death; work one accomplished during one's lifetime
role of a company president
corporate acquisition (buyout)
poor business performance; economic slump
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
light work; light-duty work
multinational corporation; transnational corporation
handcraft; handwork; hand throwing technique (judo)
literary profession; writing
corporate activities; business operations
outsourcing; subcontracting
business owner; entrepreneur
unnatural death; violent death
forcible obstruction of business; obstructing business by force
building industry; construction industry; building trade
Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals
sales skills; marketing power; sales strength; sales expertise
company that treats its employees well; company supporting a good work-life balance
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
legitimate occupation; honest business
business diary; job sheet; operational record; logbook
social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
industrial physician; occupational health physician
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
painting (as a profession); being a painter; achievements as a painter; one's works
foreign business; foreign enterprise; foreign corporation
commercial vehicle (taxi, bus, truck, etc.)
television industry; television business
working group; task force
employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
(a business) open all night
commercial area; business district
promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry
corporate headquarters; (company) group
commercialization; commercialisation
professional negligence resulting in death
commercial and industrial men
industrialized nation; industrialised nation
medium-sized enterprise (business, firm)
supplier; provider; vendor
personal business; sole proprietorship
fishery cooperative association; fisherman's cooperative association
automotive industry; motor vehicle industry
research for a graduation thesis; graduation thesis work; graduation research project
industrial area; industrial district; industrial zone
importer; import merchant (trader); importing firm
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
industrialization; industrialisation
real estate world; property market
sabotage; slow-down tactics
Public Employment Security Office
(encouragement of) industry
brewing; distilling; wine-making
large conglomerate; large group of related companies
postal service; post service
agricultural machinery; farm machinery
technical college or institute
local industry; traditional local industry
trade association; craft; guild
driving school qualifying test (can lead to waiver of a formal test)
management (of corporate affairs); business execution; administration of business matters
collecting bodies (of casualties, etc.); recovering bodies
tricky wrestler; shrewd fellow
industrial science and technology; industrial techniques
business improvement order
(world of the) construction industry
corporate earnings; corporate performance
the (civil engineering and) construction industry
industrial association; industrial guild
general affairs department (e.g. in a company); operations department
temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business
industrial company; business firm
poor academic performance; underachievement
restoration; restoration (restorative) work
businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses; sex industry; sex-related businesses
temporary suspension (of business); brief shutdown
corporate vision; corporate philosophy; philosophy of business; corporate ethos; corporate mission
telecommunications carrier; PTT
state-owned enterprise; SOE
waste management (garbage collection) industry
karma effects; fate; inevitable retribution
shady dealings; illicit business; underground business
sanitation worker; garbage collector; refuse collector; street cleaner
sunset industry; declining industry
(judo) foot technique; footwork
foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm
major agricultural country; agricultural power; agripower
agricultural experiment station
earnings forecast (outlook, projection)
no overtime day; day which employees are not allowed to work overtime
mining and manufacturing industry
samurai drill; knight errantry
global company; global corporation; multinational company
corporate earnings; corporate profits
stock-farming; cattle breeding
National Space Development Agency; NASDA
face-to-face lesson; face-to-face class
professional education; vocational training
on-site work; work-site operations
weaving industry; textile industry
household or cottage industry
related industries; associated industries
nonmanufacturing industry; nonmanufacturing sector
the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.
domestic handicraft industry
corporate reconstruction; corporate rejuvenation; corporate revitalization; corporate revival
villa; another line of work
business operator; entrepreneur
agricultural revolution; agrarian revolution
the poultry industry; poultry farming
garbage man; garbage collector
professional occupation; professional practice
one-man business; sole proprietorship; owner-managed enterprise
wholesale supermarket; supermarket catering to businesses
small business; small company
primary business; primary function; primary focus
commercialization; commercialisation
earnings estimates (forecast, outlook, projection)
operating under reduced business hours
heavy and chemical industries
management task; management function
countermeasures against unemployment; relief measures for the unemployed
ceramics; ceramic industry
professional negligence resulting in injury or death
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
mothering; job of being a mother
mining rights; mining concession; mineral rights
layoff allowance; closure allowance
operating expenses; operating cost
Cultural Affairs Department
specialty school graduate
front company (for an organized crime operation)
oil industry; petroleum industry
agricultural facility; agricultural implement
general practitioner in private practice; primary care physician (US); GP
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
nature of business; business operations
monopoly business, enterprise
aerial work platform; elevating work platform; boom lift; bucket truck; cherry picker
industrial or business world
environmental business; environment business; environmental program
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings
(for) commercial purpose; business goal
closing of a business or enterprise
dexterous feat; speed and precision of a trained hand
part-time mom; working mother
business activities; business conduct; business operations
customer relations; serving (helping, attending to, waiting on) customers
review work; study; investigation
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
outsourcing agreement; operating agreement; subcontracting arrangement
a field worker; outside worker
(professional) negligence
research results; research record; research achievement
mail service; postal service
workplace; office; factory
employment rate; percentage of employment
salesperson; sales personnel; sales representative
popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor
graduation certificate; diploma; testamur
industrial waste treatment plant
precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
joint venture; consortium; JV
the flour(-milling) industry
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
monopolistic enterprise; monopoly
lumbering (sawing) industry
public utilities; public enterprise; public service
worker; employee; person being employed
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation); FAO
curtailment of operations
classified telephone directory
head of business department
government-run enterprise
person skilled (in the art of doing something)
unemployed laborer; unemployed worker
industrial standard; engineering standard
wholesale business; wholesale trade
industrial waste disposal facility; wastes treatment facility
service industry; service sector
restaurant industry; dining-out industry
total operating expenses; total project cost; general expenses
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder
broker; middleman; employment agency
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
the translation profession
industrial fair or exposition
tree-planting program; tree-planting programme
higher commercial school (pre-WWII); commercial college
business items; items of business; available services; business line
making a living in the red-light district
Japan Industrial Standards; JIS
fishery inspection boat; fishery patrol boat
senior executives; corporate management
underhanded or Machiavelli-like person
industry law; law regulating a certain industry; (arch.) work one is obligated to carry out
intellectual occupation; intellectual profession; learned profession
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
business started by an ancestor; inherited business
social welfare service; social services; social work
expected overtime (stipulated as a specific number of hours)
marine industries; maritime industry
advertising agency business
brokerage; commission agency
stage career; acting career
corporate character; corporate culture; corporate philosophy
length of the course of study
unicorn (privately held startup company valued at over US$1 billion)
industrial reserve force; the ranks of the unemployed
business items; description of business; line of business
sole proprietor; one-man business; self-employed
unlisted company (on a stock exchange)
application form for business permit; business permit application form
grassroots sales; door-to-door marketing
commercial bill; commercial paper; CP
parenting; being a parent; child-rearing; child-raising
fixed task; scheduled task
telecommunications enterprise; communications corporation
temporary worker; seasonal worker; worker with a fixed term contract of employment
enterprise union; company union; in-house union
mission-critical task; business-critical matter
general affairs section (e.g. in a company); operations division
Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS
licensed red-light quarters
three activities (action, speech and thought)
transfer of business; business transfer
international service; international affairs
business cooperative; business cooperative association
business competition; corporate competition
voluntary liquidation; voluntary closure (of business)
industrial output; industrial production
program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
at-home overtime; time spent on work one brings home
processing service; processing work
Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant
tree-planting program; tree-planting programme
independent power producer; IPP
Minister of International Trade and Industry
spinning and weaving industry; textile industry
Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination
agricultural economics; agronomics
graduation concert (school, etc.); farewell concert for a group or band member
industrial revival or recovery
agriculture in urban areas
delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver
condition of industry, enterprise, etc.
working kilometre (unit used for calculating rail fares); operating kilometer
auxiliary actions (in Jodo: recitation, observation, worship, praise and offering)
separation of medical and dispensary practice
(rights to) industrial property
sex entertainment industry
railroad (bus) lines (routes) in operation; business plan (policy)
basic allowance of child care leave benefits
public or government corporation
the porcelain or ceramics industry
industrial production index; IPI
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
staple product of an industry; core product
fishing zone; fishery waters
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
business zone (e.g. for taxis, buses, etc.); business domain; sales route
curtailment of business operations
Public Employment Security Office; PESO
occupational group; professional group; occupational cohort
the work (doings) of so-and-so
precision machinery industry
industrial union (one relating to a specific industry or occupation); vertical union
company consisting of autonomous divisions
industrial standardization law
mobile network operator; MNO; wireless service provider; mobile network carrier
telecommunications carrier; PTT
experimental forestry station
quick work; (clever) feat
throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
wholesale business; wholesale trade
expected overtime (stipulated as a specific number of hours)
grassroots sales; door-to-door marketing
grassroots sales; door-to-door marketing
program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
business restructuring; business reformation; business revolution
pharmaceutical industry; medicine industry
synthetic chemical industry
commercial correspondence
supporting industries; component and parts-supply industries
entertainment quarters (food and geisha)
privatized business; privatised business
honor graduate; honours graduate
unavoidably; necessarily; inevitably
unavoidably; necessarily; inevitably
Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA
authorized distributor; authorised distributor
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
nonprofit (noncommercial) business
offshore fishing industry
offshore fishing industry
vertical international specialization (specialisation)
farming complemented by raising livestock
settlement work; social work; welfare work
education-related industries
commercial letter of credit
knowledge-intensive industry
enterprise union; company union; in-house union
this business; this profession
to be licensed to practice (e.g. law); to be allowed to open a business
our (the present) business office
business guide; catalogue; document describing one's business
corporate in-service training
horticultural agriculture
Internet service provider; ISP
corporate accounting principles
corporate risk management
Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering; FATF
industrialized countries; industrialised countries
debtor-in-possession financing
special-purpose entity; SPE
agricultural and fishing industries
diffusion index; DI; business sentiment index
(working) overtime to make ends meet (to support one's lifestyle)
starting an enterprise and (or) carrying it to final success
slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute)
interindustry relations analysis
interindustry relations table; input-output table
township and village enterprises (in China); TVE
meritocracy; performance-based system; achievement-based system
business continuity plan; BCP
advanced industrial nation
business transfer agreement
labour intensive industry
corporate social responsibility; CSR
support services agreement contract
individual outsourcing agreement
infant-industry argument; theory of infant-industry protection
bulk loading safety officer
Second Section company (on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
right action; correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
inter-location; inter-company; inter-office
mobile virtual network operator; MVNO
mobile virtual network operator; MVNO
Web-Based Enterprise Management; WBEM
computer supported cooperative work; CSCW
Deutsche Institut fuer Normung; DIN
Extended Industry Standard Architecture; EISA
enterprise information portal; EIP
Enterprise Information Portal
CAP; Competitive Access Provider
industry standard; industry norm
Industry Standard Architecture; ISA
business application; business-oriented software
post-coordinated indexing
current working directory
work(ing) space; work(ing) area
working-storage section (COBOL)
long distance telephone company
application software program
application-oriented language
Value-Added Reseller; VAR
corporate legal office; corporate law office; corporate legal department
manpower business; manpower agency
business organization; business corporation; businessmen's body
it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it
consolidator (shipping, freight, etc.)
performance-based pay; achievement-based pay; payment linked to performance
division of labor by gender role
business entity; accounting entity
fiscal year; financial year
sex establishment (as regulated by a specific Japanese law)
business skill development school for handicapped people
business development skills school
poetic achievements; poetic works; act of writing poetry
Local Public Enterprise Act
postal service privatization
social business; social enterprise
agricultural geology; agrogeology
robot for hazardous conditions
business competitiveness; corporate competitiveness
business confidence; business sentiment; corporate sentiment
trust business; trust operations; fiduciary work
industrial experimental station; industrial research institute; industrial testing station
National Government Defrayment Act for Reconstruction of Disaster-Stricken Public Facilities
restaurants and geisha establishments
government agency providing public services; government agency involved in public enterprise
Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Labor Relations Law (1949)
National Enterprise Labor Relations Law (1986)
three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
government agency providing public services; government agency involved in public enterprise
online dating company; online dating service provider
running a start-up company after work or on weekends
international division of labor; international division of labour; international specialization
invention developed as a result of one's work
Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
craft union; horizontal union
capital-intensive industry
labor-intensive industry; labour-intensive industry
flip teaching; flipped classroom
bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business; accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business
front company; shell corporation
agriculture, forestry and fishing industries training institute
prefectural agriculture experimental station
travel agent; reseller (of tour packages, etc.)
Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (1948 act, replaced in 1984); Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Law
selling to traders; wholesaling; trade sales
selling to traders; wholesaling; trade sales
enterprise resource planning; ERP
telecommunications carrier; telecommunications operator; telephone service provider
managed forest; managed woodland
(business of) renting out one's home (on Airbnb, etc.)
key performance indicators; KPI
weaving industry; textile industry
weaving industry; textile industry
great deed; great undertaking
division of administrative responsibilities
performance-based pay; payment by results
ambition (in studies or work); ambitious undertaking
general contractor; main contractor
zombie company; corporate zombie
welfare workshop; collaborative workshop
five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)
agami karma; karma with a cause and effect in this life
karmic retribution through the past, present, and future; three types of karma
sancita karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect is in the next life
sancita karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect is in the next life
prarabdha karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect comes in the life after the next life or later
one's views on occupations (careers, jobs, etc.)
neighborhood commercial zone
light-industrial district; semi-industrial area
limited liability investment partnership
limited liability partnership; limited liability business partnership; LLP
urban farming; urban agriculture
ghost fishing (entangling of marine life by lost or abandoned fishing gear)
enterprise portal; enterprise information portal; EIP