preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
interior; inside; internal
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
usually; under usual circumstances
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
one's possessions; ownership
convenient; handy; useful
throwaway; disposable; single-use
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
to find out; to discover; to detect
to be softened; to calm down
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
mountain range; mountain belt
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
one's own work; making by oneself
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
trivial; not amounting to much
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate