position; job; employment; opening
leaving school during a term
store; reserve; stock; savings
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to tumble down; to roll down
professionalism; professional awareness; professional attitude
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
headlight (on a vehicle); headlamp (flashlight worn on the head); head torch
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
bed of nails; bed of thorns; bed of needles
encouragement; cheering on
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
priority; order of precedence
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
mental; psychological; physical
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to feel depressed; to be down