studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
the other day; lately; recently
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
time; season; period; phase; stage
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
school of one's (first, second) choice
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
neighbourhood; neighborhood
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
prickling; stinging; tingling
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned