ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
license; licence; permission; driver's license
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
honorific/polite/humble prefix
school rules; school regulations
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
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)
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
by means of; due to; because of; according to
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to be photographed; to be projected
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
meaning; significance; sense
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
in one's own way or style
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand