baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to read the situation; to sense the mood
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be worried; to be troubled
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
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
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
senior high school; high school
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
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)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
change of course; route change; direction change
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
in comparison to; rather than
to look forward to something