person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
failure; mistake; blunder
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
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
selection; choice; option
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
number; number plate; license plate
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
absorption; suction; attraction
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances