gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
chief; main; principal; important
duty; obligation; responsibility
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
report card; result sheet
financial world; business circles
reigning; controlling; dictating
large conglomerate; large group of related companies
relation; connection; relevance
older brother; elder brother
older sister; elder sister
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
study; learning; tutorial
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
surname; family name; last name
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof