yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
real experience; actual observations
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one day; (on) a certain day
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to subsist; to keep on living
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
adverse circumstances; adversity
coincident with; while; simultaneously
hello; good day; good afternoon
please sit down; please have a seat
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
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)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
this school; the school in question
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)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
pupil; student; schoolchild
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
specialization; specialisation
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
time; hour; period; class
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently