lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
promotion (school, military, etc.)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
after that; afterwards; thereafter
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
one thin flat object; one sheet
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
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)
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
special promotion (in rank or grade)
vocational school; technical school