person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
failure; mistake; blunder
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
hostess (in a hostess bar)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to entrust; to leave to a person
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
name; given name; first name
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...