adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
study group; study meeting
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
head of the student council; president of the student council
professional occupation; professional practice
qualifications of candidacy for an examination
taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to detain; to check; to restrain
discount coupon or ticket
preferential treatment; hospitality; warm reception; cordial welcome
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
urbanization; urbanisation
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
original intention; initial resolution
to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation
reporting, contacting, and consultation
amount of light; quantity of light
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
air pressure; pneumatic pressure
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
before ... days (months, etc.)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly
outside (an organization, department, etc.)
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
making obligatory; making compulsory
to leave as it is; to defer
anonymity; using an assumed name