post-exam vacation; time off from school after end-of-term tests
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
summer vacation; summer holiday
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
submission date; filing date; due date (e.g. for homework)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
decision; determination; resolution
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
Kanagawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
leftovers; remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
on countless occasions; many a time
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
(one) letter; (one) character
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
increase in the average age of marriage
attendance; presence; appearance
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
for the first time in one's life
partly open; in half bloom