understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
sincerity; true heart; devotion
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
clerk; office worker; kulak
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
technical training; professional education
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
elective subject or course
relation; connection; relevance
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
point in common; common feature
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
individual; private person; personal; natural person
interception; monitoring; tapping
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent