cooking; food preparation
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
anthropologist; ethnologist
raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); (arch.) lifting up
(written) work; book; writings
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to put someone to work; to make someone work
curtailment of expenditure; financial retrenchment
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
traditional; conventional
income; receipts; revenue
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
main road; main thoroughfare
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
mediator; middleman; intermediary; carrier (e.g. disease)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)