active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
after that; afterwards; thereafter
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
building lot; residential land
transactions; dealings; business
certified tax accountant exam (examination); tax accountant exam (examination)
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
conquest; domination; mastery
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
bank; banking institution
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
acquisition of a qualification
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
Japanese record; national record
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
new record (in sports, etc.)
(social) class; rank; grade
blank column; blank space
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
one by one; one each; one at a time
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...