retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
by means of; due to; because of; according to
deputy head teacher; vice principal
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
those (near the second person)
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
inter-scholastic athletics competition
right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
disciplinary measures; (judicial) sanctions
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
so; like this; in this way
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to be at a loss for words
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
cyborg; cybernetic organism
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
accomplishment; execution
process; course; mechanism
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected