minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
training; drill; practice; discipline
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
exploitation; overuse; abuse
rehabilitation (in society)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
periodic; regular; routine
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
to be found; to be discovered
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
decommissioned vehicle; out of service vehicle; deregistered vehicle; unregistered vehicle; deregistering (vehicle); unregistering
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
place; situation; position; location
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
late at night; small hours of the morning
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
for the first time in one's life
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment