(social) class; rank; grade
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to prevent; to take precautions
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
retainer; vassal; servant
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
work style; way of working
apparently; appears to be
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
shop; small store; business; firm
urban area; urban district