match; game; bout; contest
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
working adult; full-fledged member of society
finding employment; getting a job
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
love affair; love relationship
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
start-up company; venture business
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
company; corporation; workplace
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
talk about divorce or separation
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
one-by-one; separately; in detail