person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
to add to the staff; to increase the staff
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
newcomer; initiate; rookie
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
having sociable manners; sociable
derailment; digression; deviation
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
vicious circle; vicious cycle
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
standing; reserve; always having ready
infancy; childhood; tender age
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
wheat straw; barley straw
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
one's own faction (of a party)
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
archery range; archery ground; position where an archer is standing; launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to