no-good man; (male) loser
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
rubbing alcohol; alcohol for sterilization
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
scrap lumber; piece of wood
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
charcoal; charred remains
orphan; person without friends
such; this sort of; like this
history of Japan; Japanese history
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
vague recollection; faint memory
armed forces; military; troops
number of persons; personnel
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to bawl; to cry; to scream