armoured car (for transporting valuables); security van
self-supporting student; working student
to step back; to walk backwards
transport truck; transport vehicle
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
unheard-of; unprecedented
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
disinheritance; disowning
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
valuable article; valuables
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
the real criminal; true culprit
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to live through; to survive
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away