to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to congratulate; to celebrate
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
and; thereupon; because of that
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
faculty of medicine; college of medicine; department of medicine; school of medicine; medical school
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
single-mother household; fatherless family
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
woman; female; feminine gender
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
first-aid; emergency (aid)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
professor; teaching; instruction
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
state examination; national examination
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
personal handy-phone system; PHS; low-powered mobile network system developed in Japan and once popular in parts of Asia