contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
factory; plant; mill; workshop
considerably; fairly; quite
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
income; receipts; revenue
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to raise one's voice; to shout
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
job-placement journal (magazine)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
woman who works in the sex industry
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
looks; personal appearance; features
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
bento; Japanese box lunch
office hours; business hours; working hours
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth