laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
to become used to; to become familiar with; to grow accustomed to
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to be worried; to be troubled
feeling; sense; impression
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
main cause; primary factor
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
dissection; autopsy; analysis
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
addict; junkie; substance abuser
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to be helpful; to be useful
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
question; inquiry; enquiry
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade