daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
competitiveness; competitive edge; competitive power
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
shipping charges; transportation expenses
extra charge; specially reduced charge; reduced rate
breadwinner; biggest earner
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
systematic; organized; organizational
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
route; way; course; directions
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
appointment; assignment; promotion
employment position or rank
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.); pore; hollow; porous; pithy; spongy
sitting feel (of a seat); seating comfort
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
loser; defeated person; the defeated
no loss or gain; coming out even
to be left lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to be abandoned by one's supporters; to have the rug pulled from under one; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one
sense of loss; feeling of loss