lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
something; some kind of; for some reason
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
not in the family register; lacking a family register
not enrolling for compulsory schooling
discovery; detection; finding
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
support; backing; aid; assistance
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
regional legal affairs bureau
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
that is to say; so that means
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)
register of school-age children
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded