to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
electronic countermeasures; ECM
cheap article; poor-quality article
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
in the meanwhile; during the time
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
artificial intelligence; AI
material; materials; data; information; documents
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
departure; leaving; setting off
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)