recruitment advertisement
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
woman who works in the sex industry
change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)
vacant or unoccupied room
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
cardioplegia; heart attack
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
to publish a book; to put out a book
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to be a matter of life or death
idealistic thought (argument)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to call out; to ask someone to come
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
real estate agent; realtor
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person