expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
to be able to manage somehow or another
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
hydroponics; aquaculture; water culture; tank farming
factory; plant; mill; workshop
thorough; exhaustive; complete
supply; provision; raising; procurement
use; utilization; utilisation; application
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
establishment; settlement
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
ago; since; before; previous
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to subsist; to keep on living
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
for example; for instance; e.g.
without; but if; otherwise; or else
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour