over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription
volume sales; volume retail
increased tax revenue; tax increases
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
freight handling; cargo sorting; disposal of goods; sale
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
having great (impressive, commanding) presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position)
apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
point along a (mountain) pass beyond which a horse cannot travel
regular employment; full-time employment; regular employee; full-time employee; permanent employee
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
status consciousness; perception of one's social status
curtain with horizontal stripes
carpentry shop; woodworking plant; sawmill
cost of raw materials; raw material cost
selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
dull; slow; sluggish; inactive; inanimate; quiet
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
farsightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia; far-sightedness
landed farmer; owner farmer
(death from) starvation; starving to death
person with a criminal record; violent criminal
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)