promotion; advancement; rising in rank
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to move (house); to change residence
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
preliminary investigation; preparation
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
class; heading; group; category
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
hey there; I say; see here
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker