period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
oracle; revelation; divine message
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
export; exportation; efferent
work; business; company; study
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
by means of; due to; because of; according to
ratio of job openings to job applicants
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)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
a Buddha; deceased person
honorific/polite/humble prefix
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
should; must; -able; probably; likely
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
foreign; abroad; overseas
division (of company); operations department
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
attendance; participation; presence
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
than; from; out of; except; but; more