taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
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)
finding employment; getting a job
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to complete decisively; to do to completion
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
so; like this; in this way
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
in this way; thus; such; uh...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch