bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
assortment; product lineup
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
summer vacation; summer holiday
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
dream for the future; hopes for the future
until now; so far; up to the present
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
dozens; scores of; decades
tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker
to stop walking; to pause
notice; attention; observation
flare skirt; flared skirt
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
another time; some other time
middle of the night; dead of night
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period