to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
story of one's experiences
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
all; entire; whole; altogether
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
examination (exam) questions; questions for an examination
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to close (one's eyes); to shut
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
Japan's best; number one in Japan
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things