hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to continue (going along some trend)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
example; exercise (for the reader)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
had better ...; had better not ...
modern Japanese; current written style
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to need; to demand; to take; to require
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
number of times; frequency; count
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)