poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to jump from one thing to another
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
whole face; all over one's face
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
something; some kind of; for some reason
to pack; to box; to package
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to mind; to care; to worry
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to take back; to recapture
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
main school; principal school; this school; our school
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
either way; in any case; one way or another
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality