transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
thank you for your continued patronage
all you have to do is; just; that's all
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
washing (a kimono, futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole; washing (something) in its entirety; washing thoroughly
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
fingerprint recognition; fingerprint authentication
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
one round; going around; making a round (of); first anniversary of a person's death
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
experiment; experimentation
hidden room; secret chamber
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to give an impression; to make an impression
to scold severely; to thunder against; to give someone hell
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
increase and decrease; fluctuation
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to grant permission; to give permission
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service