attendance (at school); going to school
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
provisional; temporary; tentative
to take over; to hand over
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
after that; afterwards; thereafter
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
serious; severe; grave; acute
police; police officer; police station
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
senior high school student
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
tendency; trend; inclination
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
food; food products; foodstuffs
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
river; stream; River; the ... river
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping