attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
relaxed; easygoing; leisurely; nonchalant (during an emergency); unconcerned; unperturbed
to attack; to assault; to assail
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
billboard; advertising sign
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
in one's own way or style
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
(heavy) drinker; tippler; ... drinker (e.g. merry drinker, maudlin drinker); ... drunk; liker of; fan
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
nonchalantly; without a care
household; home; family; housekeeping
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
otherwise; or else; if not
board of directors; board of trustees
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
not a little; not a few; considerable
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence