ongoing; in progress; afoot
new building; new construction
making obligatory; making compulsory
good airtightness; high airtightness
water heater; (domestic) boiler
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
Japanese subsidy plan allowing refundable points when purchasing energy-efficient electric appliances, etc.
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
starting (construction) work
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
double; twice (as much); twofold
reduced demand; decline in demand
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
becoming dull; slowing down
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
as; because; with; due to
air conditioning and heating
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)