impossible; unlikely; improbable
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
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
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
professor; teaching; instruction
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
party; set; gang; company; person
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to explain adequately; to be accountable
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
difficult to ...; hard to ...
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)