rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
second month of the lunar calendar
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
present; gift; to give a present or gift
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to look forward to something
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
business trip; official trip
studying abroad; studying overseas
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
estimate (of costs); budget
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy