no!; no no!; no, not at all
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
educator; teacher; educationalist
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
mental; spiritual; emotional
to feel; to sense; to experience
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
of course; certainly; naturally
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more