group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
cooking expert; culinary researcher
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
gifted education; special education for gifted children
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to increase; to add to; to augment
thousands; several thousand
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
commerce; trade; business
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping
vocational school; technical school
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
many; numerous; various; large number of
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
genuine article; real thing; real deal
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to be photographed; to be projected
only recently; just of late
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority