room for growth; potential; promise
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
advertiser; advertising sponsor
contract; compact; agreement
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
the same generation; coeval
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
control; management (e.g. of a business)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
(together) with; -wide; including
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
preparations for returning (home)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
basin (e.g. between mountains)
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
abundant harvest; bumper crop
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage