student (esp. a university student)
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation, joining a company); nth year (student, employee, etc.)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
if you think about it; come to think of it
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to make a speech; to address
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
despotic government; autocracy
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
talking about memories; reminiscences
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
expectation; anticipation; forecast
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
spy; secret agent; spying
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
bribe; money under the table
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
right under; directly below; right beneath
high and low speed; fast and slow; lenience and severity; emergency; crisis