sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
older brother and younger sister
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
than; from; out of; except; but; more
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
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)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
apartment with one bedroom and a combined dining room and kitchen
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
Japanese person; Japanese people
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)