bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
without cause; without reason
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
people; men and women; each person; everybody
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
science and technology; scientific technique
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
time; season; period; phase; stage
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
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)
finding employment; getting a job
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
generation; the world; the age
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life