to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
first place; head position; leading position
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
omitted character; omitted letter
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
program (e.g. TV); programme
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
vice; immorality; corruption
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
this world; this life; world of the living
excursion; field trip; school trip
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee