to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
fixed; obvious; commonplace
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
all-weather; weather-proof
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
versatility; multiplicity of use
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
another thing; exception; special case
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
plural; multiple; several
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
in any case; whatever the case may be
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
judgment; judgement; discernment
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to