scanning electron microscope; SEM
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
faculty of engineering; school of engineering; college of engineering; department of engineering
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
homeroom; form room; home run; human resources; HR; heart rate
steel; sword steel; sword
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
event; phenomenon; matter
Free Trade Agreement; free-trade area
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
concentration; density; cardinality
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
pickling; soaking a metal in an acidic solution to remove impurities
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
quenching; hardening; tempering
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
else; in addition; besides