year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
office building; office complex
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
each individual; each person
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
identifiable; personalized
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
materials; data; document
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to attack; to assault; to assail
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
every month; each month; monthly
planning; project; plan; design
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
general; popular; common; typical