betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to be found; to be discovered
like this; this sort; this way
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
preventive measure; recurrence prevention; relapse prevention
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to use and then throw away
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to some extent; to a certain extent
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
individual; private person; personal; private
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
intention; idea; inclination; wish
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
while; during; while; although; all; both
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
(Japanese) system of lifetime employment
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
labor market; labour market