foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
very; much; greatly; a lot of
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
it is not (like that) either
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
look to (for help); look up to; reverence
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
rather; better; instead; if anything
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion