action committee; executive committee
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
form; shape; figure; visage
to entrust; to leave to a person
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
time; hour; period; class
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
after school (at the end of the day)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
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)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
campus life; student life; life as a university student
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
company; corporation; workplace
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
transcendence; excellence; superiority
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended