construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
receiving payments (pension, ration)
lowest level; minimum level; ground floor
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
temporary worker (dispatched from an agency); dispatched worker
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
belatedly; though a little too late
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
arrangement; pact; agreement
external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
immediately; right away; on the spot
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)