(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
casting; founding; minting
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
acceleration; speeding up
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
surveillance camera; security camera
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
direct mail; direct message
combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
interior design; interior; upholstery
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
destination (one is heading towards); goal
underpopulated area; lightly-populated area
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
operation; functioning; running
mapping (creating an association between data elements, etc.); mapping; mapping; cartography
battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
trio; gang of three; threesome
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character