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; to; toward; to; for; because of
existence; being; presence
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
club activities; extracurricular activities
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
descendant; progeny; offspring
(present) head of a family
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
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.
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
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)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...