betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to continue to work; to work away (at)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
fifth day of the month; five days
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
meeting; greeting; welcome
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
each; (arch.) you (plural)
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
kindness; intimacy; friendship
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
in this manner; in this way; like this