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.