entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
please (give me); please (do for me)
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
to employ; to hire; to charter
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
abstract (e.g. art, music); abstract art; abstract (e.g. of a paper); summary
such; like that; that sort of; very
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
this thesis; this article; the article under consideration
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
writing; composition; essay; sentence
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
all; entire; whole; altogether
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
regular (periodic) examination
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
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
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment