serious; grave; dignified; solemn
human relations; personal relationships
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
in terms of; from the point of view of
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
school building; schoolhouse
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
calm; composed; cool; quiet
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)
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)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
as; because; with; due to
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
interview (e.g. for a job)
Japanese children's game; preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders
job hunting; job searching
recommendation; referral; endorsement
social; societal; societary
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
piece; fragment; one (object)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
multiplication table; times table