qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
individual; private person; personal; natural person
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
senior high school; high school
third-year student; third-year pupil
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
going through; going via; going by way of
being born between January 1 and April 1 (school entrance date)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
living thing; organism; creature; biology
murder; killing; murderer
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
even though; despite; when
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival