vocational school; technical school
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
university entrance examination
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
soggy; soaking; drenched; incessantly (complaining)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
by today; before the day is over
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
test print; test sheet; trial print run
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
writing; composition; essay; sentence
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fan; to incite; to instigate
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes