to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
in one's own way or style
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
school record; scholastic performance
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)