simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
transfer student; student changing schools
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
world history; international history
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
until now; so far; up to the present
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
the study or science of religion; religious studies
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
successive generations; successive emperors
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Nazi; Nationalsozialist; Nazi Party
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation