concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
shellfish; seashell; shell
flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
reduction by half; halving
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
first generation; founder
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
sphere; circle; range; category
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
printing; impression; issue
scanning (e.g. TV); traversal
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
computerized tomography; CT