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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect

1

unexpected; surprising

8

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

4

debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

6

night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit

1

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

3

to rampage; to run riot

1

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

5

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

6

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

2

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

1

apology

3

position; location; base; point; site

1

band of robbers; gang of thieves

1

(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

2

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

2

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

6

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

7

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

28

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

6

gang; gangster

11

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

1

purse; handbag; wallet

2

to pickpocket; to steal

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

1

to throw into

5

thrill

3

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

1

for the first time in one's life

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

8

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker

3

imitation; sham; -like

2

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

1

point in time; occasion

7

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

2

craving; longing; thirsting

4

illness

2

to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad

1

minimum; at the very least

4

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

4

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

7

meaning; connotation; denotation

1

digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations

1