office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
big-name brand; brand-name goods
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
pride; boast; credit (to)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
considerably; greatly; a lot
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
next year; next fiscal year
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
successive generations; successive emperors
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
firm; strong; solid; stable
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
seeing off and meeting on return
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead