student union; student center; students' hall
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
according to plan; as planned
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
skipping school or work (without a good reason); playing truant; playing hooky
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
it's been a long time; long time no see
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to subsist; to keep on living
contact; touch; contact lens
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
one's post; place of work; workplace
no, not like that (but like this)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
scale; scope; plan; structure