learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
second-year student; biennial
top university; leading university; first-rate university
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
programme; program; plans; arrangements
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way