finding employment; getting a job
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
second-year student; biennial
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
time; season; period; phase; stage
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
to have a talk; to tell a story
with these words; while saying
one's post; place of work; workplace
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
incident; affair; happening; event
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
senior high school student
that's the way it is; such is life
to thrust before; to thrust at
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
future (usually near); prospects
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person