set meal; special (of the day)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
personal handy-phone system; PHS; low-powered mobile network system developed in Japan and once popular in parts of Asia
it is not (like that) either
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
professor; teaching; instruction
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)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
first-aid; emergency (aid)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
woman; female; feminine gender
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
single-mother household; fatherless family
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
and; thereupon; because of that
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)