academic background; academic credentials; academic record
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
in advance; beforehand; previously
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
but; however; provided that
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
health; healthy; sound; fit
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
fields (of rice and other crops)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
income; receipts; revenue
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
mediator; manager; caretaker
police officer; policeman; policewoman
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt