awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
queen (consort); empress (consort)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
educational institution; school; academy; campus
board chairman; managing director; chief director
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to collect; to assemble; to gather
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
there is nothing; having nothing
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
stimulating; exciting; provocative
novel; original; new; innovative
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
having said that; be that as it may
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
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)
teacher-training curriculum
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives