poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
professor; teaching; instruction
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
using as an intermediary; through
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
preliminary step; first step
productive; constructive; meaningful
duration; running time (e.g. in film)
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
tool; implement; means; furniture
welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
strong-willed; volitional
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
(in the work) cited; aforementioned work; op. cit. (opere citato, opus citatum)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...