(the) executive; administration; leadership
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
counter for wheels and flowers
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
January; first month of the lunar calendar
training (esp. in-service); induction course
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
slightly off; not quite good enough; slightly wild-looking (e.g. fashion)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
physical work; manual labour (labor)
hard worker; hardworking person
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
several weeks; a few weeks
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to close down a business; to shut a business
donation; presentation; gift
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour