dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to not take seriously; to take lightly
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
Japanese ash; Manchurian ash
Blattodea; order comprising the cockroaches
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
research paper; study; thesis
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
unconditionally; as a rule
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
vacant room; vacancy; unoccupied room; empty room
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to press against each other; to huddle together
lecture attendance; auditing
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
love of learning; desire to learn; passion for knowledge
to switch off; to turn off
sour look; surly face; pout
on bad terms; at loggerheads