splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
journal; magazine; periodical
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
objectivization; viewing objectively
business operator; entrepreneur
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
newspaper studies; media studies
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
current issues; current topics
newspaper reporter; print journalist
pride; boast; credit (to)
social page (of newspaper); local news page
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
(police) detective; criminal matter
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
university (college) professor
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
highest institute of education
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
taking (something) seriously
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less