poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
in case of; at that time; at this time
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
ministries and government offices; the authorities
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
interview (e.g. for a job)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
videodisc; videodisk; venereal disease; VD
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
light; right; right field; right fielder
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
ten; 10; ten years of age
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
young person; inexperienced person; novice
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu