profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
participant; entrant; player; competitor
to be main; to be principal; to be important
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
disease common in middle-aged and elderly people; lifestyle disease
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
national; founded and run by the central government
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
at that time; in those days
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff
to become settled; to be fixed
graduate; alumnus; alumna
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
minority; (sexual, ethnic) minority; minority group
long-established; old-established; traditional
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with; to be not so good as