personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
review; reconsideration; revision
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
headdress; crown; covering; fogging (photography); blushing
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
the lower classes; the common people
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
reigning; controlling; dictating
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
skill; dexterity; master hand
to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to stick it out (until the end)
change of occupation; career change
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose