junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; biennial
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
senior high school; high school
most part; greater part; majority
relation; connection; relevance
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
school building; schoolhouse
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
middle and high-school students
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
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
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
government; administration
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
state of mind; mentality; psychology
government office; public office
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity