(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
to hand (over); to deliver in person
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
municipal office; council; city hall
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
covert action; covert operations
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
something; some kind of; for some reason
videocassette recorder; VCR
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
fluent (in a language); flowing
home area; home town; local
closing of a school; closed school
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
forest service field office
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
enthusiastic schoolteacher; passionate teacher
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant