box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
shaft; axle; mandrel; arbor; centre of a group
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
two times; twice; two degrees
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
made in Japan; Japanese-made
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
the West; the Occident; Western countries
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
not limited to; not just ...
in all respects; in every way; whatsoever
imported article; imported goods
something like ...; something called ...
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
just the other day; quite recently
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to watch steadily; to stare