academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
promotion (school, military, etc.)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
college of general education
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
height (of body); stature
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
one's heart rate; pulse rate
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
research for a graduation thesis; graduation thesis work; graduation research project
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
writing; composition; essay; sentence
home area; home town; local
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
continuing one's education into university
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
sixth day of the month; six days
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere