subordinate work; assistant; servant
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
one's post; place of work; workplace
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to do together; to share; to participate in
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to relax; to feel at home
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
prime of one's working life
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
counter for (small) boats
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
play equipment; playground equipment
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
free (of charge); gratuitous
enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
source of funds; resources; finances
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
one by one; each; every; at intervals of