下働き[shitabataraki] subordinate work
共働き[tomobataraki] (husband and wife) both working
勤め働く[tsutomehataraku] to work diligently
軽労働[keiroudou] light labor
港湾労働者[kouwanroudousha] longshoreman

自働[jidou] automatic
自働化[jidouka] automation
実働時間[jitsudoujikan] actual work hours
囚人労働[shuujinroudou] prison labor
重労働[juuroudou] heavy labor

ご苦労様[gokurousama] thank you very much for your ...
御苦労さん[gokurousan] I appreciate your efforts
慰労[irou] recognition of services
過労[karou] overwork
過労死[karoushi] death from overwork and mental stress

気苦労[kigurou] worry
漁労[gyorou] fishing
共労者[kyourousha] coworker
勤労[kinrou] labor
勤労階級[kinroukaikyuu] salaried class

山梔子[kuchinashi] Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
悪巫山戯[warufuzake] prank
安土桃山時代[azuchimomoyamajidai] Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE)
案山子[kakashi] scarecrow
奥山[okuyama] remote mountain

岡山県[okayamaken] Okayama prefecture (Chuugoku area)
下山[gezan] descending (mountain)
夏山[natsuyama] summery mountain
火山[kazan] volcano
火山灰[kazanbai] volcanic ash

運輸省[unyushou] Ministry of Transport
外務省[gaimushou] Ministry of Foreign Affairs
各省[kakushou] each ministry
冠省[kanshou] Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...
帰省[kisei] homecoming

教育省[kyouikushou] Department of Education
省みる[kaerimiru] to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past)
厚生省[kouseishou] Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
国防総省[kokubousoushou] National Military Establishment
国務省[kokumushou] State Department