abandoning all worldly desires
product demonstration; sales demonstration
super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
sobriety; soberness; sober face
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
break in time; interruption; pause
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
labor; labour; manpower; working force
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)