solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
day by day; every day; by the day
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
modernization; modernisation
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
power; authority; jurisdiction
to employ; to hire; to charter
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
company; corporation; workplace
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
from the viewpoint of; according to
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
one scene (e.g. in a movie)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
the real criminal; true culprit
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
audience; attendance; hearers
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
with a start; with a jump
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
cooperation; collaboration
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around