period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
member (of a class); trainee; participant
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
tedious; boring; being fed up with
headquarters; head office; main office
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to take (be in) charge of
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
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)
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
continuation; succession; series
selection; choice; option
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize