cram school; private tutoring school; juku
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to waste time; to kill time
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
-less; lacking; non-existing
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
millionaire; multimillionaire
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
thought; consideration; thinking
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)