whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
while; during (the time when)
presence (impressive quality)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
indispensable; essential; necessary
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
main school; principal school; this school; our school
common knowledge; well-known fact
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
leader; guide; mentor; coach
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
equality; impartiality; evenness
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
group; bunch; crowd; group
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...