to rank next to; to come after
study; learning; tutorial
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
article; news story; report; account
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
in order; in turn; one by one
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
although I say; although one might say; although called
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve