examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
duty; obligation; responsibility
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; biennial
two persons; two people; pair; couple
particularly; only; in the case of
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
support; backing; aid; assistance
to be conspicuous; to stand out
considerably; fairly; quite
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
maintaining the status quo
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal