to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
these guys; these fellows
pupil; student; schoolchild
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
feeling elated; being excited; high spirits
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
gulp; gulping; swallowing
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
meaning; significance; sense
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
100,000,000; one hundred million
income; receipts; revenue
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
number one; first; best; most; game; round