prefabricated; knockdown; demountable (e.g. motor); flatpack (furniture)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
in swarms; in great crowds; in huge numbers; plentifully; a lot (of)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
full view; plain sight; completely visible
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
maid; helper; help; assistance
in the end; at the end of the day
bowl of rice topped with a chop-suey-like mixture
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
electricity; (electric) light
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
exceptional item; extraordinary product
to maintain; to continue to have
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant