in the prefecture; prefectural
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
bright person; talented student; prodigy
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
women's college; women's university
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
results; record; grades; marks
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
after that; afterwards; thereafter
finding employment; getting a job
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to be intimate with; to befriend
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
health; healthy; sound; fit
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
complete change; about-face
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
living by oneself; living alone
to care for someone; to look after someone
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
comfort; consolation; diversion
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows