for your information; I'm telling you
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
individual; private person; personal; private
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
school of one's (first, second) choice
what's what; heads or tails
preliminary investigation; preparation
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
strategy meeting; council of war
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
(committee) chairman; president
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
because of; owing to; due to
instead; but (on the other hand)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
impression; strong belief; conviction
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
turning to the right; right turn
to relapse; to reassert; to review
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
choices; alternatives; options
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)