self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to stray from; to get lost
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
literally; to the letter; literal
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
failure; futility; uselessness; x (mark); cross
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
marking; grading; scoring
incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
worldwide; common to the whole world; universal
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view