to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
inferior goods; faulty item
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
experiment; experimentation
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
under development; in development
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
impression given by a painting or image
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
smallish; on the small side
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
(for the) first time in one's life
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to put one's strength into