terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
at first; in the beginning; originally
symbolization; coding; encoding
resolution (of a display, printer, scanner, etc.)
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
diesel oil; gas oil; light oil
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
preliminary step; first step
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
match (to light fire with)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
real thing; original; actual
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
four corners; four ordinal directions
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
middle period; medium-term
abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
clear writing; specification
proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose