particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
time; season; period; phase; stage
student (esp. a university student)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
finding employment; getting a job
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
even though; despite; when
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
that's the way it is; such is life
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
number one; first; best; most; game; round
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be silent; to say nothing
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
how; in what way; how about
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
vocational school; technical school
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
stability; steadiness; equilibrium