comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
several weeks; a few weeks
going to the hospital for regular treatment
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
burlesque; low comedy; farce
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
difficult to read (e.g. obscure kanji)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
one's intellectual powers; one's mental faculties
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to tear up and throw away