to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
future (usually near); prospects
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
quarrel; trouble; dispute
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
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)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)