to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to wash away; to rinse off
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
intimacy; affection; familiarity
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
primary school; elementary school; grade school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
to palpitate (with anxiety, etc.)
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
name; given name; first name
to leave out; to forget to write
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)