rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
in the morning; during the morning
after tax income; net income
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
unemployment insurance; employment insurance
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
child-rearing assistance; support for young parents; child-care allowance
support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
8000; eight thousand; many
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
amount of money; sum of money
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to increase; to add to; to augment
full payment; liquidation
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
used paper; paper for recycling
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
article; news story; report; account
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
single parent; one parent
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off