education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
when it becomes; when it comes to
to make a success in life
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to tower above; to stand out
else; in addition; besides
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to shake one's head (in denial)
level; standard; water level
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
don't you think?; indicates question
to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu
of tender years; very young
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
dealing with; coping with
in terms of one's personality; personal; character (flaw, etc.)
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
tendency; trend; inclination
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding