to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to increase; to add to; to augment
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
your husband; her husband
journal; magazine; periodical
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality