examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
centre; center; center fielder
Japanese children's game; preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders
national; founded and run by the central government
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
faculty of letters; college of letters; school of humanities
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
one bow; one salute; one greeting
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
nonsense; (having) terrible taste; unstylish
university graduate; college graduate
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
future; possible; potential; prospective
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
simple; simplified; easy; plain
to correct oneself; to restate
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
placing three fingers of each hand on the floor (while bowing respectfully); (lit.) three fingers (specifically the thumb, index finger and middle finger)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
of all things (people, places, days, etc.)