difficult to ...; hard to ...
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
future (usually near); prospects
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
senior high school; high school
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 go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
imagination; supposition; guess
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
finding employment; getting a job
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
senior high school student
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
duty; obligation; responsibility
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to feel; to sense; to experience
myself; yourself; I; me; you
progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
study; diligence; discount; reduction