study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
is that so?; I see; right; oh
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
results; record; grades; marks
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
senior high school; high school
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
talk; recital; narration; topic
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
or; OR (Boolean operator)
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself