guardian; protector; patron; parent
appointment; rendezvous; date
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
municipal office; council; city hall
employment scene; employment situation; job market; job situation
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
absence; disregard; indifference
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
management; administration; operation
to take over; to hand over
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
instead; but (on the other hand)
early on; earlier on; from early