unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
guardians; parents; father and older brother
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
interested person; volunteer; supporter
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
results; record; grades; marks
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness