function; facility; faculty; feature
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
enterprise; business; company; corporation
finding employment; getting a job
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
sense of values; values; value system
thought; consideration; thinking
reality; actuality; hard fact
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
such ... as; or some such
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
modesty; humility; being humble
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
depending on; dependent on
speech; expression; wording; language
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
principal occupation; core business
university (college) professor
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
university student; college student
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student