school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
large serving; large portion
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
marking; grading; scoring
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
consequently; as a result
by all means; by all costs
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar