Blattodea; order comprising the cockroaches
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
research thesis; treatise
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
unconditionally; as a rule
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
hastily made; improvised preparation
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to press against each other; to huddle together
lecture attendance; auditing
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
love of learning; desire for learning; passion for knowledge
to switch off; to turn off
sour look; surly face; pout
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
naughty; mischievous; unruly
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
hills and fields; hill and dale
accessory; fittings; appurtenances