nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
now that you say that; now that you mention it
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
fuel expenses; cost of fuel
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
(software) update; upgrade (to a new version); upgrade (to a device, product, etc.); improvement
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
design concept; design philosophy; basic ideas behind a design
constant reference (to something); game in which two players pass a cord around their necks and pull at each other
successor machine; later model
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
I don't know; I don't understand
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
financial muscle; economic clout
geostationary orbit; geosynchronous orbit
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to change the position of
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
doom; fate; misfortune; disaster
to lose heart; to lose motivation
one by one; in detail; minutely
maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)
pantsuit; pant suit; trouser suit
dot; point; polka dots; dot; pixel
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
various places; several sources