chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
new student; freshman; first-year student
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
model (e.g. of a vehicle); type
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
the last moment; the very end
husband and wife; married couple
social life; social intercourse
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
summer vacation; summer holiday
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
of course; certainly; naturally
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
if it is the case that ...
small number; few; minority
no exception; without exception; always the same
that day; the very same day
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly