Meanings

schoolgirl

schoolboy

at a loose end

foot soldier

making light of

pseudo-bike gang which travels on foot

ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)

student's handbook

school student who has returned to Japan after living abroad

infantry

uselessly

within walking distance

departure of students for the front (in WWII)

student soldier (in WWII)

religious Jew

elementary, junior high, and high school students

to form a faction

fire worshipper

assembly of the student body (esp. one led by the student council)

unproductive growth (of a plant or tree)