setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to deal with a large number
special training; intensive training; crash course
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
accumulation; accumulate; store
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
pronunciation; production of sound
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
middle of the night; dead of night
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
law department; law school
annual (plant); first-year student
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
commuting to school; school commute
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to bring up under one's personal care
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to split; to be split; to splinter
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service