ago; since; before; previous
consequence; outcome; result; blame
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
annual (plant); first-year student
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
real thing; original; actual
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
application; request; petition
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to sit for an examination
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
action of making something; -ification
as; because; with; due to
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
experimental; provisional
very much; very many; more and more
clerk; office worker; office staff
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
in one's own way or style
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold