people; men and women; each person; everybody
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
outside of; not covered by
the future; future prospects
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
press corps; group of reporters
decision; determination; resolution
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
closing credits (film, TV); end credits
due form; official; formality
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
private; exclusive; secret
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
such; this sort of; like this
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
closing time; lockup; curfew
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
friend's house; home of a friend
staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
police; police officer; police station
railroad; railway; rail transport
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
undoubted; unmistakable; definite