inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
accounting; administration (of money)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
household economy; family finances
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
so; therefore; and; (and) then
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
cut; reduction; curtailment
else; in addition; besides
for example; for instance; e.g.
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
to increase; to add to; to augment
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
all; entire; whole; altogether
a long, long time ago; very long ago
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
genius; prodigy; natural gift