clerk; office worker; office staff
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
redoing; doing over again
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
material; materials; data; information; documents
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
production output; number of goods manufactured
cost price; purchase price; cost; production cost; manufacturing cost; prime cost
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to look down on; to make light of
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
property; fortune; assets
favourite book; favorite book
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)