to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
former imperial university
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
Yasuda Auditorium (at Tokyo University, site of violent student protest in 1969)
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
roadside tree; row of trees
highest institute of education
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
failure; mistake; blunder
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to be pretentious; to put on airs
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
decision; settlement; definition
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
study; diligence; discount; reduction
another time; some other time
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
to pass (of time); to elapse
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to be prolonged; to drag on
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma