special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
in the course of one's duties
single-lens reflex camera
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
electric vehicle; EV; elevator; enterprise value; EV; embedded value
to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
first in this country; first (of its kind) in Japan
Earth globe (model); terrestrial globe
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
in proportion to; according to; depending on
proud; triumphant; boastful; self-satisfied
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
receptor; (electron) acceptor; (sensory) receptor
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
(phonograph) record; record (esp. in sports); record (data structure)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); no way!; no!; get lost!
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do