everything;  all;  the whole;  entirely;  completely;  wholly
 towards;  against;  regarding;  in contrast with
 first of all;  at once;  right away;  for now;  for the time being
 perfectly;  right on the mark;  spot on;  enough;  sufficiently;  thoroughly
 to lose;  to be defeated;  to succumb;  to give in;  to be inferior to;  to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
 and;  and then;  thus;  and now;  and finally
 regarding;  in;  to;  towards;  with regards to
 to build up;  to complete;  to construct;  to make up;  to fabricate;  to invent
 in;  at;  on;  as for;  regarding;  with regards to
 to pass (time);  to spend;  to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption);  to drink (alcohol); (arch.)  to take care of; (arch.)  to support
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 national language;  Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan);  native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
 examination;  exam;  test;  trial;  experiment;  test
 time;  hour;  period;  class
 minute (unit of time);  fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
 well then ...;  in that situation;  in which case
 today;  this day;  these days;  recently;  nowadays
 so far;  up to now;  hitherto;  that's enough (for today);  it ends here
 suffix for familiar person
 point;  tip;  head (of a line);  front;  first;  before;  (the way) ahead
 to come;  to go;  to be (somewhere);  to be (doing)
 guest;  visitor;  customer;  client;  counter for containers used to entertain guests
 nikujaga;  meat and potato stew
 sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
 assortment (of food);  assorted dishes;  combination platter
 plate of assorted sashimi;  selection of sashimi
 thorn;  spine;  splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh);  hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone);  biting words
 serving (of food);  helping;  chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
 easy;  likely to ...;  have a tendency to ...;  easy to ...
 unpasteurized beer;  draft beer;  draught beer
 quickly;  calmly;  intently
 honorific/polite/humble prefix
 behind;  rear;  after;  later;  remainder;  the rest;  more (e.g. five more minutes)
 alternation;  change;  relief;  relay;  shift;  substitution (sports, etc.)
 certainly;  of course;  even if;  no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how);  without even;  without so much as;  at the (least, earliest, etc.)
 world history;  international history