same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to take over; to hand over
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
sports-minded; sports-oriented
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
this is why; this means; it is the case that
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
physical education; PE; gym (class)
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)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
mental; spiritual; emotional
connection; link; relationship
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
feeling that something has come too late
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
seasoning; flavour; flavor
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student