degenerate; pervert; deviant
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
staff member; station employee; official
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
senior high school student
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
lost property; something dropped and left behind
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
optimism; taking an optimistic view
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
racing form; racing (news)paper
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
armed might; military power; the sword; force
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
spade work; preliminaries
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to happen to hear; to overhear
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)