to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
shriek of delight; cry of joy
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
material; materials; data; information; documents
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
by means of; due to; because of; according to
casting; cast-metal object
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
metal plate; metallic plate
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
medical treatment; medical care
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
joint; seam; joining point
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
to sew together; to stitch together; to sew up; to switch up
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)