flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
pressure; oppression; suppression
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
conduct; behavior; behaviour
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
water pressure; hydraulic pressure
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
liquid; beverage; food with high water content (esp. sorbet or fruit served as a dessert in a kaiseki dinner); gamble; uncertain affair
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
water-resistant; waterproof
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)