physical education; PE; gym (class)
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)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
such; like that; that sort of; very
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
foreign; abroad; overseas
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
alone; by oneself; on one's own
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
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
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
just because; even if; even though
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
not necessarily so; is not always true
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart