road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
layer; cosplayer (someone who participates in cosplay); cosplayers
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
major subject; special study
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
one by one; one each; one at a time
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
city library; municipal library; public library
to concern; to be related
book; volume; this; present; main; head
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
university admissions process based on school grades, essays, interviews, etc. (as opposed to an entrance exam)
short essay; pamphlet; tract
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
everything; anything; nothing
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
thorough; exhaustive; complete
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
pupil; student; schoolchild