please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to look forward to something
mysterious thief; phantom thief
surely; certainly; without doubt
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
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)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
now that you say that; now that you mention it
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
study; diligence; discount; reduction
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
results; record; grades; marks
and; thereupon; because of that
president (of a society); chairman
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely