to spend time (on doing something)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
chief; main; principal; important
place where one works; construction site; working area
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
considerably; greatly; a lot
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
in that way; like that; that way
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
to be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; (lit.) to be bewitched by a fox
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
in the same way as; just like
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
number of persons; personnel
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
as planned; according to plan
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
many; much; plenty; hardly
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
in; on; at; during; in the condition of