advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
addition; increase; Canada
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
region; limits; stage; level
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
bad habit; evil practices
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
commerce (field of study); department of commerce (at a university)
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
originally; by nature; from the start
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
physical or manual labor; physical or manual labour
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
going out of business; closing a shop; exiting a store; leaving a shop
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit