light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
sales; selling; marketing
novel; original; new; innovative
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
and; thereupon; because of that
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
labor; labour; work; service
to differ; to vary; to disagree
for example; for instance; e.g.
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
end; tip; extremities; terminal
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
older sister; elder sister
shoulder (of a road); berm
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
(how) many times; (how) often
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")