random-access memory; RAM
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
valuable; high-priced; precious; monetary value; price
research area; field of research
shortage of capital; lack of funds; cash flow problem
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
changing course (of a ship or aircraft); turning
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to drop; to lose; to let fall
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
greeting; a fine thing to say
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
from here; from this place
preservation; retainment; keeping
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)