making efficient; optimization
commercialization; commercialisation
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
political measures; policy
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
origin; source; beginning; starting point
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
legendary; fabled; fabulous
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
depopulation; decrease in population
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
trend of the times; way things are going
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
etc.; et cetera; and so on
to change (one's clothes)
absence; disregard; indifference
silhouette of a warship; sight of a warship
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended