series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
such; like that; that sort of
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
be (that) as it may; having said that
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
private school; non-government school; independent school
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
what is called; what they call; so-called
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
sons and daughters; children; girl
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
school history; history of a school
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
mass communication; mass media
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer