to graduate from a university
finding employment; getting a job
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to pry; to prize; to prise
one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
independence; self-reliance
coming to Japan (of a non-Japanese person)
no matter how much time passes
again and again; repeatedly
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
with a fixed time; with a deadline
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
parting; separation; farewell
preparation; arrangements
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
entreaty; supplication; petition
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
abusive language; violent language; wild words
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
superior; superiors; senior