replying to someone's email immediately
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
to be ill; to suffer from
dark place; unlit spot; darkness
confined place; closing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit
portable terminal; mobile device; handset
beginning (of a century, etc.)
enumeration; citation; listing
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
area; region; district; locality
programming language; programing language
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
(software) patch; updater (to correct a program flaw)
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
NEC (IT and electronics corporation)
asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
integrated services digital network; ISDN
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
low (level, value, price, etc.)
band; zone; range; bandwidth
dial-up access; dial-up connection
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
affiliated company; affiliated business
always-on connection (esp. to the Internet)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
wireless local area network; wireless LAN; WLAN
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded