prime contract work; prime contractor
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
under-the-table payoff; offer of an illegal profit
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
electronization; digitization; computerization
cashier; treasurer; teller
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
in that way; like that; that way
front right; front and right; before and right; right side under (clothing)
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
calming down; quieting down
but; however; even though; even if