approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
senior high school student
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to accept; to receive; to agree
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
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)
qualifications of candidacy for an examination
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
closing of a school; closed school
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
school building; schoolhouse
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
use; utilization; utilisation; application
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
classification; categorization; sorting