year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
cabinet (of a government); ministry
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Public Employment Security Office
casual laborer (labourer); day laborer (labourer)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
the whole metropolis; the whole capital; all of Tokyo; the whole of Tokyo
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
unprecedented; record-breaking
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
countermeasures against unemployment; relief measures for the unemployed
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
daily allowance; daily wages
yen (currency of Japan); circle
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still