admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
the place for; the time for; the level of
prefectural high school; public high school
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
wherein; therein; thereinto
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
results; record; grades; marks
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
banker; bank proprietor; bank manager
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
family; members of a family
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
hoe; raw fish or meat dish in Korean cuisine
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to be at a loss for words
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
service industry; service sector
working; being employed; being hired
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned