measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
karoshi; death from overwork
last month; previous month
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
nuisance phone call; spam phone call
home telephone; home phone number
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to go out and away; to leave
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
appropriate move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)
studying abroad; studying overseas
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
lofty; grand; impressive; high school and university
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
author; writer; novelist; artist
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
illegal; illicit; unlawful
cobra twist; abdominal stretch
square (shape); square (open space); formal; methodical; square (tool)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably