food and drink; eating and drinking
government service; the bureaucracy
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
remains; corpse; (dead) body
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
for work; in a manner related to work
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
way; method; means; resource; course
difficult to ...; hard to ...
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to make a success in life
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
(medical) doctor; physician
survival; survivor; relic
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
finding employment; getting a job
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
living by oneself; living alone
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like