examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
factorization; factorisation
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
memory; ability to remember
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
light; faint; pale; fleeting
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
extensive; vast range; wide scope
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
festival; feast; carnival
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
takoyaki; octopus dumplings