plastics; synthetic resins
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
labor union; labour union; trade union
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
because of; owing to; due to
guess; speculation; supposition
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
strike (i.e. industrial action)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
factory manager; plant superintendent; works manager
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
trunk (of the body); soma
shooting range; firing range
falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)