予測

Prediction, estimation

企業

Enterprise, undertaking, corporation, business

増加

Increase, increment, addition

ボーナス

Bonus

民間

Private, civilian, civil, popular, folk, unofficial

前

Ago, before (some event), previously, (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of), before (e.g. the house); head (of a line), front (e.g. of a bus), fore part; in the presence of; helping, portion; privates, private parts

人

Person

当たり

Hit; success; guess, prediction; affability, friendliness; sensation, touch; bruise (on fruit); situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go); bite (of a fish on a hook), strike; per, each

一

One; best; first, foremost; beginning, start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

今年

This year

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

冬

Winter

力

Strength, power, proficiency, ability

労働

Manual labor, manual labour, toil, work; labour party

供給

Supply, provision

需要

Demand, request

水準

Level, standard; water level

増加

Increase, increment, addition

給与

Pay, salary, wages, allowance, grant, supply

上回る

To exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.), to surpass, to be more than, to be better than

今年

This year

高い

High, tall; expensive

要因

Main cause, primary factor

近年

Recent years

賃上げ

wage increase

春闘

spring labor offensive, annual spring wage bargaining round

街

.. street, .. quarter, .. district

事情

Circumstances, consideration, conditions, situation, reasons, state of affairs

ボーナス

Bonus

人

Person

そんなに

So much, so, like that

感じ

Feeling, sense, impression

上がる

To rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in; to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water), to come ashore; to increase; to improve, to make progress; to be promoted, to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished, to be done, to be over; (of rain) to stop, to lift; to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go, to visit; to eat, to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one''s master''s home); to go north; indicates completion

去年

Last year

今年

This year

夏

Summer

比べ

Contest, comparison, competition

横ばい

Sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab), crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect), jassid; sidewinder (crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.), stabilizing

分

Part, segment, share, ration; rate; degree, one''s lot, one''s status, relation, duty, kind, lot; in proportion to, just as much as

物価

Prices of commodities, prices (in general), cost-of-living

期待

Expectation, anticipation, hope

会社

Company, corporation; workplace

自体

Itself; one''s own body, oneself; originally, naturally, by nature, from the start

売り上げ

Amount sold, sales, proceeds, takings, turnover

男性

Man, male; masculine gender

食品

Food, food products, foodstuffs

開発

Development, exploitation

勤務

Service, duty, work

次

Next, following, subsequent; stage, station

感じ

Feeling, sense, impression

上がる

To rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in; to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water), to come ashore; to increase; to improve, to make progress; to be promoted, to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished, to be done, to be over; (of rain) to stop, to lift; to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go, to visit; to eat, to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one''s master''s home); to go north; indicates completion

同じ

Same, identical, equal, uniform, equivalent, similar, common (origin), changeless, alike; (usu. part of a ''nara'' conditional) anyway, anyhow, in either case

去年

Last year

今年

This year

半分

Half minute

くらい

Approximately, about, around, or so; to (about) the extent that, (almost) enough that, so ... that ..., at least; as ... as ..., like

親孝行

Filial piety