work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
leadership; initiative; spearhead
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
in good health; alive and well; going strong
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
blow; shock; strike; batting
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
sea level; (surface of) sea
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
scene; view; prospect; outlook
in the same way as; just like
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
medical treatment (esp. surgical)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
wounded person; injured person
to leave this world; to die
canonization; establishment of sainthood
power; authority; influence
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)