to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
half-term; half-time; half period
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
student of a women's college; female university student
late at night; at a late hour
morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
front-page article; top story; lead
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to compose; to put together
periodic; regular; routine
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
boarder; boarding student
new building; new construction
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
to take away; to carry away
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework