cost-cutting; cost reduction
affiliate; member; entrant; participant; (telephone) subscriber
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do
caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
installment; instalment; premium; bill
regular customer; valued client
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water
to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
relation; connection; affinity
regular customer; valued client
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
depression; recession; slump
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)