drinking at home (as opposed to going out)
job hunting; job searching
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
personal history document; curriculum vitae; resume
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
look!; there!; here!; that is
admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; incarceration; internment
prescription; statute of limitations; lapsing with time (e.g. of an obligation); no longer standing (e.g. of a promise); ageing; aging
mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
dried aconite root (used in traditional Chinese medicine); monkshood
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
background reflections (e.g. on a window); reflected glare
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
north wind; northerly wind
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to be contrary to one's expectations
to underrate; to make light of
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
moneylending; moneylender
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
refund; repayment; reimbursement
total amount (of money); total sum; sum total
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
automated teller machine; automatic teller machine; asynchronous transfer mode; ATM; anti-tank missile
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward