(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
Spratly Islands (South China Sea)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
eruption; volcanic eruption
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after