convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
educational system; school system
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
an apprentice system; apprenticeship
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
evaluation period (software, new employee, etc.); trial period; probation period
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
educated; learned; schooled
cash bonus; reward; bounty
pupil; student; schoolchild
performance-based pay; performance-based compensation; commission
agricultural community; farm village; rural
village headman; village mayor
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
theatre; theater; playhouse
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
drama; theatre; theater; play
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
anecdote; brief (comic) story
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
on time; on schedule; punctually
results (of a study or investigation)
light meal; snack; refreshments
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down