end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to mark a correct answer with a circle
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to fold up; to fold into layers
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
dawn; daybreak; beginning
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
advertising section; classified ads; advertisement column; advertising space
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
from ... to; between ... and; or
voluntary; optional; free; elective
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
the first and second; a few
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
ordinary; common; mediocre
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
plainly; clearly; vividly
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind