promotion (school, military, etc.)
senior high school; high school
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
then; well; so; well then
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that