severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
one's post; place of work; workplace
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
club activities; extracurricular activities
adviser; advisor; consultant
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
(disposable) shopping bag; carrier bag
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
striking; remarkable; considerable
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
official divorce registration papers
script; libretto; scenario
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
duty; obligation; responsibility