to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
higher education; tertiary education
senior high school; high school
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
young (e.g. young children); of few years
negotiable; further discussion needed
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
theory of education; view of education
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
elementary education; primary education
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
native-born; trueborn; (belonging) from the start (to a group, organization, etc.); career (e.g. diplomat)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
financial muscle; economic clout
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to complain; to grumble; to gripe
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade