student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
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 advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
all; entire; whole; altogether
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
such ... as; or some such
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
very stormy weather (at sea); very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality