beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
secret information; intelligence
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
technical official; technical officer
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki
plump; fleshy; well-rounded; pleasant (fragrance); rich
losing weight; slimming; lean person
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
leaving school during a term
military force; military strength
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
the Industrial Revolution
production output; number of goods manufactured
high and low; rise and fall
proceeds from sale; receipts
armaments; military preparations
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal