to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
multiplication table; times table
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
in proportion to; according to; depending on
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
net (amount); clear; net weight; net price; cost price; actual content
can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
around the clock; day and night