satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
hospitalization; hospitalisation
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, 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)
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
senior high school; high school
wish; desire; ambition; choice
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)