commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
government office building
enterprise; business; company; corporation
attraction; lure; invitation
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
dragon's den; auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to make an appeal; to urge
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
going out (of a noble, shogun, royalty, etc.); visit; attendance
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
determination; resolution
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
toddling; taking tottering steps
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to be helpful; to be useful
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start