first year; early years (of a reign or era)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
for some (unspecified) reason
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
type of occupation; occupational category
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
job; work; duties; trade; skill
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
personal (employee); employed; retained
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy