government worker; public servant; civil servant
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
reason; cause; circumstances
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
waste of time; killing time
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
snowballing (phenomenon, effect)
large amount of money; great cost
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
income; receipts; revenue
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
good person; virtuous person
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over