user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
(not) even once; (not) ever
it hasn't been long since
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
incident; affair; happening; event
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
height (of body); stature
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
main question; real issue at hand
to choke; to have trouble breathing
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
second (unit of time); arc second
format; procedure; way of proceeding
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
eccentric; crank; oddball
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
official copy of the family register
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)