summer term (e.g. school); summer period
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
registration; accession; register; entry; record
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to accept; to receive; to agree
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
should; must; -able; probably; likely
blighted love; disappointed love
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
straight-laced person; stubborn person
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
if so; in that case; in that situation