departure; leaving; going away; recession
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
changing clothes; change of clothes
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
at the window; by the window; next to the window
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
to palm off; to force a sale
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
split; division; break up
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
senior; veteran; old-timer
strict crackdown on and elimination of misconduct; strict enforcement of discipline
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
society; the world; the times
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
ten-year-old; ten year old
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)