right under; directly below; right beneath
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
attitude control; postural control
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
in case of; at that time; at this time
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
(water-filled) paddy field
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
worst-ever; history's worst
excellent; superb; first-rate
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
defense; defence; defensive preparations
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now