to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
research; study; investigation
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
completion; perfection; accomplishment
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
genius; prodigy; natural gift
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
several weeks; a few weeks
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays