monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
memories; recollections; reminiscence
back off!; leave me alone!
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
gloom; sadness; melancholy; despondency; cares; worries
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
hey there; I say; see here
commercialization; commodification; turning (something) into a product
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
technological development
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
that's the way it is; such is life
why; how; for what reason
secrecy; highly classified information
to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
for example; for instance; e.g.
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price