important post; important office; key position
country of origin; country of manufacture
bad influence; negative influence
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
child labor; child labour
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
overproduction; careless manufacture; churning out (substandard goods)
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
return of Hong Kong (to mainland China)
black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
utility; (actual) profit; actual benefit; material gain
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
making money; making a profit
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
contingency; fortuity; randomness; unpredictability; haphazardry
time series; chronological order; chronology
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant