new graduate; recent graduate
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
instead; but (on the other hand)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
metre; meter; meter; gauge
Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo (long-running series of Japanese comedy movies)
time; season; period; phase; stage
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge