successfully; nicely; skillfully
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
appearance; front of a structural member
superintendent of education
disdaining everybody; not caring an ounce about other people's feelings
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
sweating easily; profuse sweater
eyebrow pencil; blackened eyebrows; (metaphorically) distant mountain range
playing the victim; playing the victim card
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
serious condition; critical condition
educator; teacher; educationalist
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
truancy; school non-attendance
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
administration of justice