secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
future; possible; potential; prospective
at work; in the midst of work; working
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
government office; public office
finding employment; getting a job
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
underpopulated area; lightly-populated area
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
bank; banking institution
total number of man-days; total number of people (personnel, passengers, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
imagination; supposition; guess
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to be laughable; to be unrealistic
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
face with no make-up; sobriety
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge