migration; move; emigration; immigration
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
human relations; personal relationships
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
educator; teacher; educationalist
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
several sheets (flat objects)
newspaper story (article, account)
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
forcibly; by force; against one's will
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
other crimes; further offenses; further offences
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
(someone else's) parents; both parents
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
blood relationship; blood relative
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
all; entire; whole; altogether
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to shout (in anger); to yell
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
older sister; elder sister
the real criminal; true culprit
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)