devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
to die out; to become extinct
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
intelligence gathering; information gathering
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
televising; broadcasting; airing
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little