difficult to ...; hard to ...
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
stairs; stairway; staircase
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to come to one's senses; to calm down
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
the following week; the next week
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
in succession; one by one
to detain; to check; to restrain
every person; each one; everybody
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
your company; your shrine
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
time limit; closing day; settlement day (payment); deadline
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
IC card; smart card; chip card
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
to bury; to embed; to implant
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic