to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
(someone else's) daughter
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
question sheet; question paper
percentage of correct answers
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
expression; look; countenance; face
on bad terms; at loggerheads
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to thrust before; to thrust at
two (long cylindrical things)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
review (of learned material); revision
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get