senior high school; high school
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to correct oneself; to restate
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
perception; intuition; the sixth sense