living thing; organism; creature; biology
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
incident; affair; happening; event
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to be surprised; to be astonished
because of; owing to; due to
myself; yourself; I; me; you
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to feel; to sense; to experience
serious; severe; grave; acute
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
rounding (fractions); rounding half up
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
ten; 10; ten years of age
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
finding employment; getting a job
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted