unmarried; not yet married
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
agricultural community; farm village; rural
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
young master; young gentleman
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
tenth day of the month; ten days
within; inside of; less than
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
however; having said that; but
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
number of persons; personnel