boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
necessary condition; requirement
cultural center; cultural centre
finding employment; getting a job
admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; internment; confinement
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
computational linguistics
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
actual expenses; out-of-pocket expenses; cost price
taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
important points; main points
8000; eight thousand; many
(written) application; application form
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
women's college; women's university
nursing school; nursing college
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
license; permit; licence; certificate
(doing something) for money; being mercenary