storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
armament; soldier's equipment
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
either way; in any case; one way or another
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
artificial intelligence; AI
intensive; concentrated; focused
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
elder sister; effeminate man
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
this, that and the other; this and that
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
outsider; someone outside of a group
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
sorry; apologetic; remorseful