lost decade (esp. of Japan, 1992-2002); decade of economic stagnation
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child
gilt; guilt; gilt-edged security; gilt
to shirk one's duties; to be idle; to play truant; to come loose; to come undone; to get untied
to state; to express; to mention
grandchild from a daughter married into another family
to strain one's eyes; to stare
pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
coloured glass; colored glass
cowering; recoiling; overwhelmed
regular customer; valued client
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
(hand) towel; handkerchief; paper tissue; napkin; serviette
liquid; beverage; food with high water content; gamble; uncertain affair
living necessities; everyday commodities; daily commodities; everyday goods; subsistence goods
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
price; cost; value; worth; merit
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
stocking shelves; stock person; stocking person
(practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
chroma; chroma saturation; color saturation (colour)
an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence