study group; study meeting
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
instead; but (on the other hand)
retort; back talk; backchat
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK
to have (something) innate; to be born with
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to make a list; to enumerate
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off