high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
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)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
autumn period; autumn term (e.g. school); fall period; fall term
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
kickoff party; rally; pep party
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
horseplay; fooling around
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to feel; to sense; to experience
to grow up; to become an adult
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
don't you think?; indicates question
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
film studies; cinema studies
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till