cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
evening meal; dinner; supper
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
considerably; greatly; a lot
commercial (on radio, TV, etc.); advertisement; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
on and after; from ... onward; since
complete; whole; perfect; safe
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive