immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
Japan Scholarship Foundation
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
person of high rank or position
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
guardian; protector; patron; parent
individual; private person; personal; private
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
ward office; council (regional)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
several times; once or twice
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
all present; all concerned; all of us
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime