lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
various countries; various regions; various provinces
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
worldly affairs; ways of the world
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be able to do other work; to have transferable skills; to be adaptable; (lit.) to be valuable as scrap
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
common people; ordinary people; masses
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
pride in one's strength or skill
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
natural; reasonable; obvious
art of war; strategy; tactics
trend of the times; way things are going
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
attendant; valet; servant; follower
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone