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
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
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 ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
why; how; for what reason
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...