although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to translate; to interpret
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
please (give me); please (do for me)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
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
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
life; living; I; me; student
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
feeling; sense; impression
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
very likely; very probable
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart