preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to press a question; to cross-examine
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to look forward to something
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
by myself; in person; by oneself
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
almost; roughly; approximately
burned down; entirely destroyed
school building; schoolhouse
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
a Buddha; deceased person
all things in nature; the whole creation
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play