conviction; belief; confidence
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
archipelago; chain of islands
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
seeing off and meeting on return
in accordance with plans; just as planned
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
results; record; grades; marks
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
the last moment; the very end
employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of