first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
the very start; the very beginning
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
everything; anything; nothing
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
new school (of thought, etc.); new drama
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
negative emotions; negative feelings
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking