preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
university student; college student
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
(courteous) invitation; call
(giving) instruction; initiation
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
enlightenment; instruction
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
new and old; incoming and outgoing
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
producer; grower; maker; manufacturer
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
Japan Academy; learned society; academy; institute
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
unique; peculiar; special
sooner or later; in time; eventually
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear