Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
senior high school; high school
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 put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
high achiever; student with good academic results
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
day of month; counter for days
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
sexy; popular; well-liked
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
results; record; grades; marks
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
two persons; two people; pair; couple
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
together; at the same time; same; identical
to recall; to remember; to recollect
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
honorific/polite/humble prefix
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh