to hold fast; to protect to the end
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
difficult to approach; inaccessible
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
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)
to take (be in) charge of
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
settlement; solution; resolution
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
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)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
decommissioning (of a nuclear reactor, furnace, incinerator etc.); decommissioned nuclear reactor (or furnace, incinerator, etc.)
nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
professor; teaching; instruction
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
study; research; investigation
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(some) more; even more; longer; further
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!