establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
graduation ceremony; commencement
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement
Dragon Quest (video game; media franchise); Dragon Warrior
... years old; age (of) ...
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
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 ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
senior high school; high school
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
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)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to live; to make a living; to get on with
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of