exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
management; administration; operation
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
student (esp. a university student)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
surname; family name; last name
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
(social) position; status
village headman; village mayor
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
lying face down; upside down; prone
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
sympathy; compassion; pity
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man