education or school expenses
commuting to school; school commute
preschool education; early childhood education
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
senior high school; high school
entering school; school attendance
financial support; funding; support fund; subvention
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
national, public, and private
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
senior high school student
pupil; student; schoolchild
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
school grades; academic results
prefectural high school; public high school
monetary; financial; pecuniary
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
study; learning; tutorial
Japan Finance Corporation; JFC
fact-finding investigation; investigation into actual conditions; fact-finding survey
national, prefectural and other public universities and colleges
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
even though; despite; when
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
Financial Services Agency; FSA
council (deliberative, consultative); commission of inquiry (enquiry)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless