serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
obstruction of business; interference with business
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
amount of money; sum of money
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic
earnings from a part-time job
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
way; method; means; resource; course
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
sense of duty (obligation)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
rush; rush hour; rush print (in films, anime, etc.); lighter aboard ship; LASH
considerably; greatly; a lot
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel