increase in the average age of marriage
striking; remarkable; considerable
outline; contour line; border line
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
foreign capital group; foreign company
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
international financial market
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
office hours; business hours; working hours
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to pause; to have a short intermission
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
preface; introduction; preamble
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects); pest damage
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
masked palm civet (Paguma larvata); gem-faced civet
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
high efficiency; high performance