tough; stiff; inflexible; obstinate; tired; worn out
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
patent application; patent filings
document; official papers
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
100,000; hundred thousand
long time; long interval; for quite some time
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
not understanding; not knowing
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
question; inquiry; enquiry
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
impossible to do (although wants to)
to subsist; to keep on living
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
living by oneself; living alone