often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
that's the way it is; such is life
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
towering; astonishingly high
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
spirit of a true craftsman; artisan spirit; pride in one's craft
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
passage; path; route; one's way
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
what kind of; what sort of; what
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
progress; advance; improvement; development
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable