godsend; gift from providence
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
sympathy; compassion; pity
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
even though; despite; when
I have nothing to do with it
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to telephone; to make a phone call
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
speech; expression; wording; language
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
with a clunk; with a clank; the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
excursion; field trip; school trip
keepsake; memorabilia; memento