simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
special; particular; peculiar; unique
ignorant of the ways of the world
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
infrastructure improvement
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
sympathy; compassion; pity
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
class; heading; group; category
discovery; detection; finding
completion; perfection; accomplishment
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
simple; simplified; easy; plain
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
time; season; period; phase; stage
about when; about what time; how soon
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
soon; shortly; before long