several times; once or twice
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
manufacturing plant; production facility
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to talk; to chat; to chatter
polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement
process; course; mechanism
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to attempt; to test; to try out
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
January; first month of the lunar calendar
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
like this; in this way; as you see
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)