for work; for manufacturing
life and death; life or death
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
the other day; a few days ago
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
in advance; beforehand; previously
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
God; god; ace; king; superior person
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
tedious; boring; being fed up with
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
representative; exemplary; model
short and stout; small but wide around
(ammunition) cartridge; shell case
to dye; to colour; to color
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
Stechkin automatic pistol
five (long cylindrical things)
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
preliminary arrangements; spade work
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)