performer; entertainer; celebrity
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to subsist; to keep on living
senior high school student
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
top university; leading university; first-rate university
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
company president; manager; director
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
society; public; community; social studies
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
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)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
simply; merely; only; solely
finding employment; getting a job
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity