superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
new graduate; recent graduate
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
medical care; medical treatment
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
consideration; taking into account
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
maintaining the status quo
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
bank; banking institution
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
marriage between coworkers
tacit; unspoken; implicit
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
alone; by oneself; on one's own
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike