Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
document; official papers
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
employment system; employment pattern
(the) haves; those who have
to become misty; to become hazy
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
I see; that's right; indeed
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
boarder; boarding student
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
system; institution; organization; organisation
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
senses of seeing and hearing; audiovisual
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
limited; limiting; restrictive
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
independence; self-reliance
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
town; city; municipal; urban
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle