gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to boil down; to condense
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
cash payment; paying in cash
to take out a loan; to get a loan
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
selling (real-estate) lots
division by 1000; one-thousandth
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
spectacle; striking display; spectacular (scene, film, etc.); extravaganza; big-budget production
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
baseball ground; baseball stadium
standard; basis; principle
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
as far as the eye can see
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
omniscience and omnipotence
how many months?; how long?
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
living by oneself; living alone
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
protracted war; war of attrition
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember