top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
to begin talking; to open up
precocity; early ripening; premature development
ten-year-old; ten year old
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
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)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
professional job; profession
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
technical term; terminology; jargon
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
a few years ago; some years back
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to order; to command; to appoint
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
imagination; supposition; guess
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be