-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
older sister; lass; young lady
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
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)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
beginning; outset; first; onset
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
study; diligence; discount; reduction
book; volume; this; present; main; head
materials; data; document
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
general idea; concept; notion
really; truly; indeed; good grief
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
close; intimate; on good terms
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
expression; presentation; representation; notation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
until now; so far; up to the present