unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
apocryphal sutra (composed in China or Japan)
history of; experience of
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
remains; corpse; (dead) body
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
real estate agent; realtor
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
(wild) yak (Bos mutus); (domestic) yak (Bos grunniens)
lawless area; lawless district
all one has; all one's possessions
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
ripped jeans; pre-ripped jeans; distressed jeans
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
seeing one off; farewell; escort
from here; from this place
vacant house; unoccupied house
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
how long; how far; how much
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)