privileged path to high status (e.g. in business, education, etc.); fast track to success; road to success
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
every year; yearly; annually
study tour; guided visit; field trip
Buddha; high-ranked bodhisattva
rendezvous (with a romantic partner); date; rendezvous (of two spacecraft)
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
shape of a pillar or column
throwing oneself to one's death; precipitating oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
various places; several sources
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
clergyman; churchman; clergy
head temple of a Buddhist sect
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)
manufacturing cost; production cost
modern civilization; modern civilisation
producer; grower; maker; producer (in a food chain)
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
embezzlement; misappropriation
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
keen eye; sharp eye; keen insight; keen perception
joints; points (of a speech)
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
refreshment; refreshing oneself; refreshing one's spirit; (memory) refresh
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
transport truck; transport vehicle
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management