gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
double-edged; double-edged blade
technical civilization; technical civilisation
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
trick; contrivance; cleverness
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
to find out; to discover; to locate
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
motive power; driving force
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
flash (of light); glint; schiller
absorption; suction; attraction
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
jokingly; in the form of a joke
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
multiple joints; multijoint; articulated
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)