to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
construction; architecture (of buildings)
company; corporation; workplace
independence; self-reliance
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
older brother; elder brother
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
system; institution; organization; organisation
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into