class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
thousands; several thousand
to resound; to make a stir
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
look!; there!; here!; that is
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
labor body; labour body; labor organization; labour organization; labor federation; labour federation
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
Germany and France; German-French
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
on the occasion of; at the time of
work; business; company; study
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
fraternal association; friendship society; fraternity
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
murder; homicide; manslaughter
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
traitor (to one's country); quisling