that is to say; so that means
enrolling at a cram school
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
surely; certainly; without doubt
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
naivete; simplicity; innocence
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
handsome man; actor in a love scene
throw; throwing; throwing event
interference; intervention; meddling
change; alteration; modification
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral