to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to ask; to enquire; to query
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
study group; study meeting
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
study; diligence; discount; reduction
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
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)
law department; law school
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
humanities and sciences; social sciences and hard sciences; context; (line of) reasoning
selection; choice; option
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)