don't you think?; indicates question
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
to be full of pride; to be boastful
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
private tutor; coach; governess
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
time; season; period; phase; stage
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something