junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
2nd day of the month; two days
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
without gaps; closely packed; always; usually; often; frequently
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
melancholy; gloom; depression
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
existence; being; presence
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
promotion (school, military, etc.)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
something like ...; something called ...
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
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)