training; drill; practice; discipline
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
to take command; to give direction
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
acquaintance; appreciative friend
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
selection; choice; picking out
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to repeat; to do something over again
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
failure; mistake; blunder
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
fifth day of the month; five days