school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
educational institution; school; academy; campus
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
job hunting; job searching
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
job hunting; job searching
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
Nikkei Stock Average; Nikkei 225
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ichimoku; chart analysis method for forecasting price movement
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 come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door