memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
faculty (of a university); school; college; department
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
financial planner; feature phone
registered real-estate broker
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
ramification; branching off
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
being in love with each other
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
finding employment; getting a job
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
superior; excellent; fine
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
health; healthy; sound; fit
to subsist; to keep on living