to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
summer vacation; summer holiday
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
exemption; exoneration; discharge
participation; joining; entry; adherence
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to follow another's example
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...