for the first time in one's life
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to serve; to work for; to attend
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
in succession; one after another
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
to cease; to stop; to be over
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
to practice magic; to practise magic
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
to jar; to creak; to grate
anything and everything; just about everything
to blend (e.g. fact and fiction); to mix; to weave (together)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to catch the eye; to attract attention
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
colour; color; hue; tints
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear