ward office; council (regional)
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
making a mold; taking a (dental) impression
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
(another's) daughter; young lady
as planned; according to plan
prefectural high school; public high school
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
uncertainty; indefiniteness
very much; very many; more and more
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
course; route; path; process; stages
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
meditation; contemplation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
contract; compact; agreement
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
polite; respectful; reverent
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
termination; cessation; stop
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
reheating (food); rebaking; remaking (a story); adapting; rehashing
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
edict; ordinance; proclamation