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
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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
now; the present time; just now; another; more
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
enterprise; business; company; corporation
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
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.
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
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.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
how; in what way; how about
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
treasure; precious article; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
all; entire; whole; altogether
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)