embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
failure story; horror story
all companies; each company
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
space (room, area, outer space)
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
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)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
enterprise; business; company; corporation
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to hide; to keep to oneself
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
individual; private person; personal; private
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
don't you think?; indicates question
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle