formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
otherwise; or else; if not
to explain adequately; to be accountable
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
chair; stool; post; office; position
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to take off one's glasses
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
principle; theory; fundamental truth
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
just because; even if; even though
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
in comparison to; rather than
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...