in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
feeling; sense; impression
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
polish; improvement; burnishing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
fifth day of the month; five days
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
company outing; company retreat
drinking party; get-together
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
having said that; on the other hand
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
company that treats its employees well; company supporting a good work-life balance
finding employment; getting a job
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
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)
leaving school during a term
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
charming; fascinating; attractive
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
rejection (of an application)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
meaning; significance; sense
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!