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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

accumulation (e.g. of emotions, grievances, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)

1

next; then; after that

4

wages; pay; rental payment

7

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

8

comparatively; relatively

2

polyline; broken line; zigzag; polygonal line

1

real wages

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

2

in all

3

standard of living

3

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

6

mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

1

irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal

5

until now; so far; up to the present

9

regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

2

5,000,000; five million

1

investment

11

failure; mistake; blunder

4

(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people

6

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

reduction by half; halving

1

bar graph; bar chart

3

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

7

fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year

3

current net income; net income for the year; current net earnings; current net profit; current term net income; current term net profit

2

base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

3

2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC

1

just before

3

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring

2

decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining

1

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

5

wage differential

1

irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent

2

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

3

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

3

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

1

chief executive officer; CEO

2

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

2

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

1

suggestion; hint; implication

9

(cash) register; cashier

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

Marxism

2

(of a company) internal reserves

12

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

5

shareholder; stockholder

5

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

2