to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku; books bought but not read
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
meaning; significance; sense
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
already; now; no longer; not any more
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
senior high school; high school
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)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary