to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
rental fee; rent; hire charge
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
motive power; driving force
starting line; starting point
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
sour look; surly face; pout
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
farewell party; send-off party; motivational rally
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
private clinician; physician in private practice
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
this or that person; anybody; many people
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
attendance; participation; presence
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
civil engineering and construction; public works and construction
devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family
intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
supplementary examination
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official