cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
National Center Test for University Admissions
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
somehow or other; for some reason or another
front; frontage; facade; main
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to put into the mouth; to eat
February; second month of the lunar calendar
indicate reason; infers some protest
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
interior; inside; internal
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
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)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
professor; teaching; instruction
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
university of arts; arts college
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
now that you say that; now that you mention it
difference; variation; difference