previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
good at business; having a good head for business; good businessman; shrewd salesman
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
history of; experience of
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
teatime; tea break; coffee break
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
looking pale; looking unwell
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
book; volume; this; present; main; head
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
immediately; at once; instantly