examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
job; work; duties; trade; skill
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
being too late; losing one's final chance
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
treating (someone) like an object
performer; entertainer; celebrity
something; something or other; something something
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
main question; real issue at hand
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
bygones; the past; past event
study; pursuit of knowledge
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch