material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
freight handling; cargo sorting; disposal of goods; sale
to amuse oneself; to make merry
sense of impending doom; foreboding; feeling of grave danger
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
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)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
terrible (video) game; crappy game; rubbish game
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to come to one's senses; to calm down
heart attack; to have a heart attack
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
reaching; attaining; arrival
please be careful; please take care
troublesome; annoying; complicated
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
to have an uneasy conscience
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset