SAT; Scholastic Assessment Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test
nuclear power station; NPS
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
training; drill; practice; discipline
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
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.
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
pride; boast; credit (to)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
in the mountains; among the mountains
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
by means of; due to; because of; according to
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
rescue squad; rescue party
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun