first period (e.g. first class in school day)
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to lose sight of; to miss
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
living thing; living creature; animal; life
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to strangle; to constrict
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
trivial; not amounting to much
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
three-second rule (food hygiene myth); three seconds rule (basketball)
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
kanji "fire" radical at bottom (radical 86)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)