material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
a step; short distance; short time
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
entry; going into; approach
making hollow; making meaningless; deindustrialization; deindustrialisation
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
crushing; breaking by applying pressure
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
seedling; sapling; young tree
permission; approval; authorization; license
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
emperor (of Japan); mikado
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to lend an ear to; to listen to
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
idiot; idiocy; profound mental retardation
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
same trade; same business; same profession
tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report