to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to drop; to let fall; to omit
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
to serve; to dish up; to dish out
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
Michelin (tyre manufacturer); Michelin Guide (rating hotels and restaurants)
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to strangle; to constrict
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
in process; during execution; runtime
memory indication; storage indication
utilization rate; capacity factor; utilization factor; coefficient of use
already known; well-known
to order; to command; to appoint
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to sell off; to sell completely
all-terrain vehicle; quad bike; dune buggy; beach buggy; buggy; stroller
temporary; provisional; interim
(telephonic) transmission
president's office; director's office
application-specific integrated circuit; ASIC
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together