prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
group; bunch; crowd; group
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
killing and wounding; bloodshed
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to live; to make a living; to get on with
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
whichever one chooses; either way
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
telecommunications; correspondence
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large