advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
almost; roughly; approximately
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
government office; agency; board
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
kitchen; financial situation
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
association; union; guild
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
in comparison to; rather than
if it is the case that ...
studying very hard; studying like mad
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
polish; improvement; burnishing