hello; good day; good afternoon
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
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)
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
black spot; dark spot; sunspot
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
supplementary examination
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
wise saying; famous saying
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to be too numerous; to be too much
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)