structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
major surgery; major operation
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
minor surgery; minor operation
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
management studies; business administration (study of)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
business trip; official trip
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
that's the way it is; such is life
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to anticipate; to foresee
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
while; even though; despite
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
such ... as; or some such
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
be (that) as it may; having said that
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
regular hospital; (medium-size) general hospital