tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
influence; clout; leverage
next year; next fiscal year
that's true; of course; obviously
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
something; some kind of; for some reason
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
property; fortune; means; assets
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
environment; circumstance
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
school rules; school regulations
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
as a child; when one was a child