adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
without; unless; have to do
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
to concern; to be related
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
from here; from this place
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
article; news story; report; account
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
regulation; adjustment; control
of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on
diligence; good attendance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
current student; enrolled student
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
school inter-class ball-game competition
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
physical work; manual labour (labor)
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period