back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
social; societal; societary
confidence; trust; faith; credit
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
finding employment; getting a job
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to repeat; to do over again
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
rising; ascending; climbing
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
height (of a person); stature
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
memory; ability to remember
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover