to pierce through; to break through
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
research; study; investigation
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
process; course; mechanism
(distinction of) sex; gender
personality; character; individuality; personhood
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; putting in storage
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
commerce; trade; business
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like; (arch.) to intermingle; (arch.) to be in disorder; (arch.) to be in disarray
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
stairs; stairway; staircase
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling
living-cum-dining room; combined living room and dining room
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
overall; general; as a whole
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved