recommendation; referral; endorsement
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
man; male; masculine gender
it is I who should say so
had better ...; had better not ...
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
branch office; branch store
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
finance business; moneylending business
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
troubled times; turbulent times
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
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)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
action of making something; -ification
final; eventual; ultimate
financial institutions; banking facilities
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
meaning; significance; sense
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
modesty; humility; being humble
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
future (usually near); prospects