white hair; grey hair; gray hair
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
frequency (of occurrence)
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
frequent customer; good customer; client
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
your husband; her husband
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
stocktaking; inventory count; faultfinding
narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded
3000; three thousand; many
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
not caring; not giving a damn