Vocabulary

staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover

outline; summary; gist; in brief

school register

alma mater clique; old school tie

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to reason out; to conclude; to be pragmatic

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

officials; authorities

to dry (up); to become parched

passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; piercing

blue return; blue-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which allows for special income deductions

line drawing

(amount of) production

putting in other words; rephrasing; rewording; paraphrase

cardinal number

tonarigumi; small-scale neighborhood associations established during WWII for fire fighting, policing, etc.

primary industry

school tradition; school customs; school spirit

non-combatant; civilian

displacement (e.g. of a ship)

tragicomedy

covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation

throwing technique; throw

an abstract argument

excess of exports

storming (e.g. an enemy's castle); attack; raid

village assembly

soil; soil quality

selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute)

to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life)

traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)

a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late

waste material; waste; useless article; discarded article; refuse; trash

eight picturesque sights

(being in) hot pursuit

going price; general custom

four sides; all sides

round-robin cabinet

unused possession

having a dream