cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
board chairman; managing director; chief director
to buy a large amount (of); to purchase (in large quantities); to buy in; to buy regularly; to make regular purchases; to be a regular customer
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
foreign car; imported car; paddle wheel
department store; department
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
interview (e.g. for a job)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
good family; respectable family; decent family
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
leaving school during a term
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence