first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
another time; some other time
preference; priority; precedence
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
section manager; section chief
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
rare; extraordinary; singular
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
self-consciousness; self-awareness
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme
express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
straightforwardly; being outspoken
extreme masochist; very masochistic
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down