hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
weekly publication; weekly magazine
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
to employ; to hire; to charter
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
very rich person; the super rich
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
wasteful person; spendthrift
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
technique; art; skill; move
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
without thinking of the consequences
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
invisibly; secretly; privately
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand); declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower