to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
(social) position; status
duty; obligation; responsibility
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
system; institution; organization; organisation
finding employment; getting a job
equality; impartiality; evenness
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
chief; main; principal; important
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
vicious circle; vicious cycle