particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
general idea; concept; notion
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
prejudice; bias; distorted view
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
appointment; rendezvous; date
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
last days; the end; one's fate
commuting to school; school commute
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
third day of the month; three days
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
hurried recruitment; urgent recruitment
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)