reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
social page (of newspaper); local news page
to make one's own; to take possession of
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
dining; dining room; meal
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
dying message (message left by a murder victim just before death; in mystery novels, etc.)
to kill; to choke the life out of
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); someone who enjoys alcohol; place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; shape of one's mouth when drinking; tap; faucet
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
excess; surplus; superabundance
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
millilitre; milliliter; mL
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to call again; to call (someone) back
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
earthenware; porcelain; china; Seto ware; ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to outwit; to get the better of; to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded; (lit.) to expose (someone's) nose
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
systematic; regular; routine
human work; human agency; art; artificiality
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging