印心耕讀

および　及び
and; as well (as).


さくげん　削減
(a) reduction; a〈drastic〉cut; (a) curtailment.

・～する　cut (down); curtail.
・人員～　personnel reduction.


ふみきる　踏み切る
《跳躍で》take off; 《相撲で》step out ((of the ring)); 《決断する》decide ((to do)).


しんけん　真剣
earnestness; seriousness.

・～な　earnest; serious.
・～に　in earnest; earnestly; seriously.
・～になる　get serious ((about)).
・～勝負をする　fight with real swords; play in real earnest.
・～味に欠ける　lack sincerity.


はもん　波紋
《比喩的にも》a ripple.

・～を描く　make ripples.
・～を投げかける　make a stir ((in)); produce [cause] a sensation.


つのる　募る
《募集》raise ((money)); 《寄付を》collect ((contributions)); 《公債を》float ((a loan)); 《人員を》advertise for; call for; invite ((new members)); gather; 《兵士を》levy; recruit; 《激しくなる》grow.

・…への思いが～　My love for〈a person〉grows.


かんしょう　勧奨
・～退職に応じる　receive a supplemental retirement package in exchange for voluntary early retirement.


ぎょうしゅ　業種
a type of industry [business].

・～別　industrial classification.
・～別にする　classify by industry.


はんどうたい　半導体
a semiconductor.

・～チップ　a semiconductor chip.


きんぞく　勤続
continuous [long] service.

・～する　serve ((in a firm for thirty continuous years)).
・～者　a long-service man.
勤続手当　a seniority [long-service] allowance.
勤続年数　the length of one's service.