new student; freshman; first-year student
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
fortune-telling; divination
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
table tennis club; ping-pong club
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be found; to be discovered
(some) more; even more; longer; further
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire