preschool education; early childhood education
Cabinet Information Research Office
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus
footprint; soleprint; last; wooden mold for shoes or tabi (mould)
feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
dismissal; sacking; discharge
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
premises search; household search
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
registrant; subscriber; enrollee
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
interruption; interference; butting in
fake; something false; sham; deception
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
at the present time; as of now; at this time
view; opinion; finding; findings
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation