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)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
father; dad; husband; you; he
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
much less; to say nothing of
will not do; do not; does not
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding