to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
graduation ceremony; commencement
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
to be dispersed; to get separated
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
site; point on a map; spot
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned