camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
section; cross section; profile
default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; initialization; initialisation
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
chemical substances; chemicals
opening and shutting; opening and closing
conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
work procedure; operational procedure
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to master something (through personal experience)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital