implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
quantitative; concerning the quantity
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
allocation; assignment; allotment
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
restoration; return to health
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
minute adjustment; fine tuning
family registry (of the district; Edo period); population registry; records of an Edo period census
grasp; catch; understanding
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
return; relapse; recurrence
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
exclusive; attached to; specialist
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
present; gift; to give a present or gift
reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
poem; narrative (style of the Shi Jing); classical Chinese rhymed prose
all sorts of; all kinds of
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to make it less expensive
to count on; to anticipate; to expect
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade