expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
for this very reason; that is exactly why
pupil; student; schoolchild
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
overseas student; exchange student
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
such; like that; that sort of
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...