salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
how; in what way; circumstances
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
allocation; assignment; allotment
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
number of characters; number of letters; word count
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
whichever one chooses; either way
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
branch office; agency; sub-branch
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)