to learn; to study; to take lessons in
chance; opportunity; occasion
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
percent; per cent; percentage
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
by myself; in person; by oneself
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
every month; each month; monthly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
student (esp. a university student)
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to indicate; to show; to point to
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
specialization; specialisation
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)