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labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

1

wicked woman; ugly woman

1

tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

2

wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)

2

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

1

to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

2

per capita; per person

1

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

4

Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources

1

distribution network; distribution channels

1

assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

8

person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired

3

information bureau; intelligence department

11

secretiveness

4

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

1

to suffer a loss

1

outside the country; abroad

3

flawless; absolute perfection

1

to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

1

easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable

1

young and energetic; up-and-coming

11

to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

1

world champion

1

May

6

big; large; great

1

10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication

2

covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation

2

to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

2

this year; this fiscal year; this school year

1

allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation

1

surplus; excess

1

to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket

1

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

4

1,000,000,000,000; one trillion; 10^12

1

per person; per capita; per head

1

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

5

having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth

4

great sage

5

hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

1

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

2

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

2

mystery; mysteriousness; secret

2

riparian works; flood-control works

1

expenses; disbursements

3

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work

1

buffet; self-service meal

1

not good; bad

1

information management

4